109th Congress / Bills
See also: Most-voted-on bills in the 109th Congress.
| Bill | Title |
|---|---|
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| Recognizing the contributions of Jibreel Khazan (Ezell Blair, Jr.), David Richmond, Joseph McNeil, and Franklin McCain, the "Greensboro Four", to the civil rights movement. | |
| 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. | |
| Supporting the goals and ideals of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. | |
| Expressing the grave concern of Congress regarding the occupation of the Lebanese Republic by the Syrian Arab Republic. | |
| Honoring the life and contributions of Yogi Bhajan, a leader of Sikhs, and expressing condolences to the Sikh community on his passing. | |
| Expressing the continued support of Congress for equal access of military recruiters to institutions of higher education. | |
| Recognizing the historical significance of the Mexican holiday of Cinco de Mayo. | |
| 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. | |
| Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the two-year anniversary of the human rights crackdown in Cuba. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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 57th anniversary of the independence of the State of Israel. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| Supporting the goals and ideals of National Life Insurance Awareness Month, 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. | |
| 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. | |
| Honoring the pilots of United States commercial air carriers who volunteer to participate in the Federal flight deck officer program. | |
| 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. | |
| Supporting the goal of eliminating suffering and death due to cancer by the year 2015. | |
| Providing for an adjournment or recess of the two Houses. | |
| Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Russian Federation must protect intellectual property rights. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding oversight of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. | |
| Recognizing the 40th anniversary of the White House Fellows Program. | |
| Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the education curriculum in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. | |
| Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the 2005 presidential and parliamentary elections in Egypt. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| Urging the President to issue a proclamation for the observance of an American Jewish History Month. | |
| 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. | |
| Expressing the Sense of Congress regarding the contribution of the USO to the morale and welfare of our servicemen and women of our armed forces and their families. | |
| Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the activities of Islamist terrorist organizations in the Western Hemisphere. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| Authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the District of Columbia Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| Recognizing the 58th anniversary of the independence of the State of Israel. | |
| Commending the Government of Canada for its renewed commitment to the Global War on Terror. | |
| Condemning the repression of the Iranian Baha'i community and calling for the emancipation of Iranian Baha'is. | |
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| Commending the National Aeronautics and Space Administration on the completion of the Space Shuttle's second Return-to-Flight mission. | |
| 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. | |
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| 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 the appointment of Shirley Ann Jackson as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. | |
| Providing for the appointment of Robert P. Kogod as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. | |
| Withdrawing the approval of the United States from the Agreement establishing the World Trade Organization. | |
| Increasing the statutory limit on the public debt. | |
| Approving the renewal of import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003. | |
| 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 Gold Star Mothers Day. | |
| Disapproving the recommendations of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission. | |
| Supporting the goals and ideals of "Lights On Afterschool!", a national celebration of after-school programs. | |
| Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2006, and for other purposes. | |
| Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2006, and for other purposes. | |
| Providing for the appointment of Phillip Frost as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. | |
| Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to marriage. | |
| Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2007, and for other purposes. | |
| To authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes. | |
| Reserved. | |
| 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. | |
| To ensure jobs for our future with secure, affordable, and reliable energy. | |
| To make the repeal of the estate tax permanent. | |
| To amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965. | |
| To reform the postal laws of the United States. | |
| 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. | |
| To protect users of the Internet from unknowing transmission of their personally identifiable information through spyware programs, and for other purposes. | |
| To amend title 31, United States Code, to provide reasonable standards for congressional gold medals, and for other purposes. | |
| 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". | |
| To establish the "Twenty-First Century Water Commission" to study and develop recommendations for a comprehensive water strategy to address future water needs. | |
| 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. | |
| To hold the current regime in Iran accountable for its threatening behavior and to support a transition to democracy in Iran. | |
| 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. | |
| To designate the United States courthouse at 300 North Hogan Street, Jacksonville, Florida, as the "John Milton Bryan Simpson United States Courthouse". | |
| 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". | |
| 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". | |
| To amend the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998 to strengthen and improve programs under that Act. | |
| 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. | |
| To amend Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to improve attorney accountability, and for other purposes. | |
| 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". | |
| An act to prevent the sale of abusive insurance and investment products tomilitary personnel. | |
| 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 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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 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 amend and extend the Higher Education Act of 1965. | |
| 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". | |
| To amend the Trademark Act of 1946 with respect to dilution by blurring or tarnishment. | |
| 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, to provide for greater efficiency at the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, 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 to provide for the award of attorneys' fees and costs to small employers when such employers prevail in litigation prompted by the issuance of a citation by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. | |
| To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide for greater efficiency at the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission. | |
| 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. | |
| To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide for the award of attorneys' fees and costs to small employers when such employers prevail in litigation prompted by the issuance of a citation by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. | |
| To amend title 18, United States Code, to discourage spyware, and for other purposes. | |
| 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. | |
| To designate the United States courthouse located at 501 I Street in Sacramento, California, as the "Robert T. Matsui United States Courthouse". | |
| To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for human embryonic stem cell research. | |
| To require States to hold special elections to fill vacancies in the House of Representatives not later than 49 days after the vacancy is announced by the Speaker of the House of Representatives in extraordinary circumstances. | |
| To establish a Federal Youth Development Council to improve the administration and coordination of Federal programs serving youth, and for other purposes. | |
| To provide for programs and activities with respect to the prevention of underage drinking. | |
| To authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal year 2006, to make technical corrections to various laws administered by the Coast Guard, and for other purposes. | |
| To improve circulation of the $1 coin, create a new bullion coin, provide for the redesign of the reverse of the Lincoln 1-cent coin in 2009 in commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the birth of President Abraham Lincoln. | |
| To ensure the protection of beneficiaries of United States humanitarian assistance. | |
| To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2006 and 2007 for the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, and for other purposes. | |
| To authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Ukraine. | |
| To establish the United States Boxing Commission to protect the general welfare of boxers and to ensure fairness in the sport of professional boxing. | |
| To establish the Thomas Edison National Historical Park in the State of New Jersey as the successor to the Edison National Historic Site. | |
| To provide immunity for nonprofit athletic organizations in lawsuits arising from claims of ordinary negligence relating to the passage, adoption, or failure to adopt rules of play for athletic competitions and practices. | |
| To reform the Federal deposit insurance system, and for other purposes. | |
| To repeal the prohibition on the payment of interest on demand deposits, and for other purposes. | |
| To authorize the President to award a gold medal on behalf of the Congress, collectively, to the Tuskegee Airmen in recognition of their unique military record, which inspired revolutionary reform in the Armed Forces. | |
| An act 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. | |
| To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund financing rate. | |
| 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. | |
| To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to provide assistance for orphans and other vulnerable children in developing countries, and for other purposes. | |
| To reform the regulation of certain housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises, and for other purposes. | |
| 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". | |
| To provide faster and smarter funding for first responders, and for other purposes. | |
| To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain buildings and lands of the Yakima Project, Washington, to the Yakima-Tieton Irrigation District. | |
| To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to exclude communications over the Internet from the definition of public communication. | |
| To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic in Appleton, Wisconsin, as the "John H. Bradley Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic". | |
| To amend title 18, United States Code, to protect judges, prosecutors, witnesses, victims, and their family members, and for other purposes. | |
| To protect children and their parents from being coerced into administering a controlled substance in order to attend school, and for other purposes. | |
| To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2006 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 authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2006 for the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes. | |
| To make access to safe water and sanitation for developing countries a specific policy objective of the United States foreign assistance programs, and for other purposes. | |
| To amend Public Law 104-329 to modify authorities for the use of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Maintenance Fund, and for other purposes. | |
| To reauthorize the Head Start Act to improve the school readiness of disadvantaged children, 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". | |
| Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes. | |
| Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes. | |
| 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. | |
| Making appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes. | |
| 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. | |
| To provide for the collection and maintenance of human cord blood stem cells for the treatment of patients and research, and to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program. | |
| An Act making appropriations for Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes. | |
| 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. | |
| To authorize appropriations for the Department of State for fiscal years 2006 and 2007, and for other purposes. | |
| 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. | |
| Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes. | |
| To reform the United Nations, and for other purposes. | |
| To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the bicentennial of the birth of Abraham Lincoln. | |
| To reauthorize the Office of National Drug Control Policy Act. | |
| 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. | |
| An Act making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and related agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes. | |
| Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes. | |
| 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. | |
| 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". | |
| To amend title 18, United States Code, to require Federal Prison Industries to compete for its contracts minimizing its unfair competition with private sector firms and their non-inmate workers and empowering Federal agencies to get the best value for taxpayers' dollars, to provide a five-year period during which Federal Prison Industries adjusts to obtaining inmate work opportunities through other than its mandatory source status, to enhance inmate access to remedial and vocational opportunities and other rehabilitative opportunities to better prepare inmates for a successful return to society, to authorize alternative inmate work opportunities in support of non-profit organizations and other public service programs, and for other purposes. | |
| 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". | |
| Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes. | |
| To improve ratings quality by fostering competition, transparency, and accountability in the credit rating agency industry. | |
| 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. | |
| To implement the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement. | |
| An act making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes. | |
| 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. | |
| To reauthorize the human space flight, aeronautics, and science programs of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and for other purposes. | |
| 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. | |
| To authorize measures to deter arms transfers by foreign countries to the People's Republic of China. | |
| To impose sanctions against individuals responsible for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, to support measures for the protection of civilians and humanitarian operations, and to support peace efforts in the Darfur region of Sudan, and for other purposes. | |
| Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2005 for veterans medical services. | |
| To make improvements to the national sex offender registration program, and for other purposes. | |
| To provide the Secretary of Education with waiver authority for students who are eligible for Pell Grants who are adversely affected by a natural disaster. | |
| To extend and modify authorities needed to combat terrorism, and for other purposes. | |
| To amend title 38, United States Code, to enhance the Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance program, and for other purposes. | |
| 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". | |
| 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". | |
| To authorize appropriations for the Department of Justice for fiscal years 2006 through 2009, and for other purposes. | |
| To amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to exempt small public housing agencies from the requirement of preparing an annual public housing agency plan. | |
| To amend the National Capital Transportation Act of 1969 to authorize additional Federal contributions for maintaining and improving the transit system of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, and for other purposes. | |
| To provide regulatory relief and improve productivity for insured depository institutions, and for other purposes. | |
| 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". | |
| 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". | |
| To ensure funding for sportfishing and boating safety programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund through the end of fiscal year 2005, and for other purposes. | |
| To allow United States courts to conduct business during emergency conditions, and for other purposes. | |
| To provide the Secretary of Education with waiver authority for students who are eligible for Federal student grant assistance who are adversely affected by a major disaster. | |
| To temporarily increase the borrowing authority of the Federal Emergency Management Agency for carrying out the national flood insurance program. | |
| Making further emergency supplemental appropriations to meet immediate needs arising from the consequences of Hurricane Katrina, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposes. | |
| To amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to increase civil penalties for violations involving unfair or deceptive acts or practices that exploit popular reaction to an emergency or major disaster, and to authorize the Federal Trade Commission to seek civil penalties for such violations in actions brought under section 13 of that Act. | |
| To provide emergency authority to delay or toll judicial proceedings in United States district and circuit courts. | |
| To provide special rules for disaster relief employment under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 for individuals displaced by Hurricane Katrina. | |
| 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". | |
| To amend and reauthorize the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide greater results conserving and recovering listed species, and for other purposes. | |
| To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Muskogee, Oklahoma, as the Jack C. Montgomery Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center. | |
| 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 amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to ensure that State and local emergency preparedness operational plans address the needs of individuals with household pets and service animals following a major disaster or emergency. | |
| 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. | |
| To provide for waivers under certain housing assistance programs of the Department of Housing and Urban Development to assist victims of Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita in obtaining housing. | |
| To amend title V of the Housing Act of 1949 to provide rural housing assistance to families affected by Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita. | |
| To temporarily suspend, for communities affected by Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita, certain requirements under the community development block grant program. | |
| Agreed to amend the title so as to read: "A Bill to facilitate recovery from the effects of Hurricane Katrina by providing greater flexibility for, and temporary waivers of certain requirements and fees imposed on, depository institutions, credit unions, and Federal regulatory agencies, and for other purposes". | |
| 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 at 6110 East 51st Place in Tulsa, Oklahoma, as the "Dewey F. Bartlett Post Office". | |
| To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the management of information technology within the Department of Veterans Affairs by providing for the Chief Information Officer of that Department to have authority over resources, budget, and personnel related to the support function of information technology, and for other purposes. | |
| To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend to 2006 the alternative minimum tax relief available in 2005 and to index such relief for inflation. | |
| To protect private property rights. | |
| To promote a better health information system. | |
| To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for uniform food safety warning notification requirements, and for other purposes. | |
| 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. | |
| To improve the ability of the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to promptly implement recovery treatments in response to catastrophic events affecting Federal lands under their jurisdiction, including the removal of dead and damaged trees and the implementation of reforestation treatments, to support the recovery of non-Federal lands damaged by catastrophic events, to revitalize Forest Service experimental forests, and for other purposes. | |
| To provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 201(a) of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2006. | |
| To provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 201(b) of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2006. | |
| To implement the United States-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement. | |
| To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions, and for other purposes. | |
| To prevent the use of certain payment instruments, credit cards, and fund transfers for unlawful Internet gambling, and for other purposes. | |
| To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to strengthen enforcement of the immigration laws, to enhance border security, and for other purposes. | |
| To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax benefits for the Gulf Opportunity Zone and certain areas affected by Hurricanes Rita and Wilma, and for other purposes. | |
| To amend the USA PATRIOT ACT to extend the sunset of certain provisions of such Act. | |
| To promote the development of democratic institutions in areas under the administrative control of the Palestinian Authority, and for other purposes. | |
| To amend title 18, United States Code, to strengthen protections for law enforcement officers and the public by providing criminal penalties for the fraudulent acquisition or unauthorized disclosure of phone records. | |
| Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2006 for the Small Business Administration's disaster loans program, and for other purposes. | |
| To provide for exploration, development, and production activities for mineral resources on the outer Continental Shelf, and for other purposes. | |
| 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 government officials or entities acting under color of State law, and for other purposes. | |
| To modernize the manufactured housing loan insurance program under title I of the National Housing Act. | |
| 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. | |
| To increase, effective as of December 1, 2006, the rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain service-connected disabled veterans, and for other purposes. | |
| 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. | |
| To ensure the proper remembrance of Vietnam veterans and the Vietnam War by designating a site for a visitor center for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. | |
| To amend the Congressional and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to provide for the expedited consideration of certain proposed rescissions of budget authority. | |
| To amend section 20 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to restrict off-reservation gaming. | |
| 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. | |
| Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes. | |
| To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to modify temporarily certain rates of duty, to make other technical amendments to the trade laws, and for other purposes. | |
| To improve maritime and cargo security through enhanced layered defenses, and for other purposes. | |
| To restore the financial solvency of the national flood insurance program, and for other purposes. | |
| To provide greater transparency with respect to lobbying activities, and for other purposes. | |
| To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to prohibit the confiscation of firearms during certain national emergencies. | |
| 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. | |
| To amend titles 38 and 18, United States Code, to prohibit certain demonstrations at cemeteries under the control of the National Cemetery Administration and at Arlington National Cemetery, and for other purposes. | |
| To designate the Wild River Wilderness in the White Mountain National Forest in the State of New Hampshire, and for other purposes. | |
| To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey Paint Bank National Fish Hatchery and Wytheville National Fish Hatchery to the State of Virginia. | |
| To designate as wilderness certain National Forest System land in the State of New Hampshire. | |
| To modernize and reform the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. | |
| 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 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. | |
| To authorize the Secretary of Energy to establish monetary prizes for achievements in overcoming scientific and technical barriers associated with hydrogen energy. | |
| 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. | |
| To promote the deployment of broadband networks and services. | |
| To prohibit price gouging in the sale of gasoline, diesel fuel, crude oil, and home heating oil, and for other purposes. | |
| To set schedules for the consideration of permits for refineries. | |
| To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require recipients of universal service support for schools and libraries to protect minors from commercial social networking websites and chat rooms. | |
| To ensure national security while promoting foreign investment and the creation and maintenance of jobs, to reform the process by which such investments are examined for any effect they may have on national security, to establish the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, and for other purposes. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes. | |
| Making appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes. | |
| 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". | |
| 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. | |
| Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes. | |
| To amend title 49, United States Code, to modify bargaining requirements for proposed changes to the personnel management system of the Federal Aviation Administration. | |
| 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". | |
| Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes. | |
| Making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes. | |
| To establish a grant program whereby moneys collected from violations of the corporate average fuel economy program are used to expand infrastructure necessary to increase the availability of alternative fuels. | |
| 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 amend the Public Health Service Act to provide additional authorizations of appropriations for the health centers program under section 330 of such Act. | |
| To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize support for graduate medical education programs in children's hospitals. | |
| 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. | |
| To improve the netting process for financial contracts, and for other purposes. | |
| To authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Vietnam. | |
| Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes. | |
| To streamline the regulation of nonadmitted insurance and reinsurance, and for other purposes. | |
| 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. | |
| To study and promote the use of energy efficient computer servers in the United States. | |
| 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. | |
| To exempt from certain requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 a proposed nuclear agreement for cooperation with 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. | |
| To implement the United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement. | |
| To update the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978. | |
| To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to enhance emergency communications at the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes. | |
| To reauthorize the Belarus Democracy Act of 2004. | |
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| 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". | |
| To establish operational control over the international land and maritime borders of the United States. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| To ensure that women seeking an abortion are fully informed regarding the pain experienced by their unborn child. | |
| 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". | |
| 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. | |
| To extend the authority of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to restructure mortgages and rental assistance for certain assisted multifamily housing. | |
| To amend title XXVI of the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend the program for providing life-saving care for those with HIV/AIDS. | |
| To amend title IV of the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend the authorities of the National Institutes of Health, and for other purposes. | |
| To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize trial by military commission for violations of the law of war, and for other purposes. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| Adopting rules for the One Hundred Ninth Congress. | |
| Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that American small businesses are entitled to a Small Business Bill of Rights. | |
| Honoring the contributions of Catholic schools. | |
| Expressing support for the accession of Israel to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). | |
| 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. | |
| Supporting the goals and ideals of National Mentoring Month. | |
| Commending the Palestinian people for conducting a free and fair presidential election on January 9, 2005, and for other purposes. | |
| Urging the European Union to maintain its arms embargo on the People's Republic of China. | |
| Relating to the free election in Iraq held on January 30, 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| Urging the European Union to add Hezbollah to the European Union's wide-ranging list of terrorist organizations. | |
| Commemorating the life of the late Zurab Zhvania, Prime Minister of the Republic of Georgia. | |
| 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. | |
| Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the study of languages and supporting the designation of a Year of Languages. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| Providing for the establishment of a commission in the House of Representatives to assist parliaments in emerging democracies. | |
| Supporting the goals and ideals of a "Rotary International Day" and celebrating and honoring Rotary International on the occasion of its centennial anniversary. | |
| Supporting the goals and ideals of Financial Literacy Month, and for other purposes. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1268) making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposes. | |
| Raising a question of the privileges of the House. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| Honoring the life and achievements of His Holiness Pope John Paul II and expressing profound sorrow on his death. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the massacre at Srebrenica in July 1995. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8) to make the repeal of the estate tax permanent. | |
| 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. | |
| Supporting the goals of World Intellectual Property Day, and recognizing the importance of intellectual property in the United States and worldwide. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (S. 256) to amend title 11 of the United States Code, and for other purposes. | |
| Raising a question of the privileges of the House. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6) to ensure jobs for our future with secure, affordable, and reliable energy. | |
| Honoring the contributions of Vietnamese Americans to American society over the past three decades. | |
| Recognizing the 60th anniversary of Victory in Europe (V-E) Day during World War II. | |
| 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. | |
| 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 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. | |
| 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 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. | |
| Raising a question of the privileges of the House. | |
| 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. | |
| Supporting the goals and ideals of Peace Officers Memorial Day. | |
| 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. | |
| Supporting the goals and ideals of Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| Supporting the goals of National Marina Day and urging marinas continue providing environmentally friendly gateways to boating. | |
| Raising a question of the privileges of the House. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| Supporting responsible fatherhood, promoting marriage, and encouraging greater involvement of fathers in the lives of their children, especially on Father's Day. | |
| Supporting efforts to increase childhood cancer awareness, treatment, and research. | |
| Raising a question of the privileges of the House. | |
| Calling for free and fair parliamentary elections in the Republic of Azerbaijan. | |
| Recognizing the 25th anniversary of the workers' strikes in Poland in 1980 that led to the establishment of the Solidarity Trade Union. | |
| 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. | |
| Supporting the goals and ideals of a National Weekend of Prayer and Reflection for Darfur, Sudan. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| Commending the State of Kuwait for granting women certain important political rights. | |
| 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. | |
| Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 739) to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide for ajudicative 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 employers when such employers prevail in litigation prompted by the issuance of a citation by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. | |
| Providing that the House of Representatives will focus on removing barriers to competitiveness of the United States economy. | |
| Condemning in the strongest terms the terrorist attacks in London, England, on July 7, 2005. | |
| Honoring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. | |
| Commemorating the 60th anniversary of V-J Day and the end of World War II in the Pacific. | |
| Commending the continuing improvement in relations between the United States and the Republic of India. | |
| 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. | |
| Congratulating the State of Israel on the election of Ambassador Dan Gillerman as Vice-President of the 60th United Nations General Assembly. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3199) to extend and modify authorities needed to combat terrorism, and for other purposes. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| Condemning in the strongest terms the terrorist attacks in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on July 23, 2005, 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. | |
| 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. 3283) to enhance resources to enforce United States trade rights. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| Providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules. | |
| 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. | |
| To establish the Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| Supporting the goals and ideals of National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. | |
| 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. | |
| Providing for the concurrence by the House with an amendment in the amendment of the Senate to H.R. 3768. | |
| 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. | |
| Recognizing the importance and positive contributions of chemistry to our everyday lives and supporting the goals and ideals of National Chemistry Week. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| Supporting the goals and ideals of Korean American Day. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| Supporting the goals and ideals of School Bus Safety Week. | |
| 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. 1461) to reform the regulation of certain housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises, and for other purposes. | |
| Condemning Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's threats against Israel. | |
| Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4128) to protect private property rights. | |
| Recognizing the importance of an independent Iraqi judiciary in the formation of a new and democratic Iraq. | |
| Honoring the life, legacy, and example of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin on the tenth anniversary of his death. | |
| 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 appropr |