BLUMENAUER, EARL (a Representative from Oregon)
Amendments
Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 5010), H3929 [25JN]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5093), H4606 [15JY], H4834 [17JY]
Foreign aid: authorize economic and democratic development assistance for Afghanistan and military assistance for Afghanistan and certain other foreign countries (H.R. 3994), H2512 [15MY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
American Zoo and Aquarium Association: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 408), H3721 [19JN]
Amtrak: make loan guarantees (see H.R. 5024), H4068 [26JN]
Animal Welfare Act: strengthen enforcement of animal fighting provisions (see H.R. 5268), H5994 [26JY]
Animals: ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally (see H.R. 4039), H1088 [20MR]
———ensure use of certain antibiotic drugs in agriculture does not compromise human health by contributing to the development of antibiotic resistance (see H.R. 3804), H3775 [20JN]
———increase the availability of drugs for minor species and rare diseases in all animals (see H.R. 1956), H284 [12FE]
Aviation: assist employees separated from employment due to reductions in service by air carriers and airport closures caused by terrorist actions, security measures, or a military conflict with Iraq (see H.R. 5678), H8022 [16OC]
Capital Construction Fund: provide for qualified withdrawals for fishermen leaving the industry and for the rollover to individual retirement plans (see H.R. 3898), H1156 [9AP]
Children and youth: increase the availability, affordability, and quality of child care (see H.R. 2097), H105 [29JA]
Civil Air Patrol: make volunteer members eligible for public safety officer death benefits (see H.R. 3681), H1091 [20MR]
Community development: increase the expertise and capacity of community-based organizations involved in economic development activities and key community development programs (see H.R. 3974), H5791 [25JY]
Contraceptives: establish a public education and awareness program relative to emergency contraception (see H.R. 3887), H1155 [9AP]
Corporations: review, reform, and terminate unnecessary and inequitable Federal subsidies (see H.R. 4630), H2018 [1MY]
Correctional institutions: analyze the incidence and effects of prison rape and provide information, resources, recommendations, and funding to protect individuals from such offenses (see H.R. 4943), H4326 [27JN]
Crime: make grants to train sexual assault nurse examiners and other personnel handling sexual assault cases, establish minimum standards for forensic evidence collection, and carry out crime scene DNA analysis (see H.R. 2874), H3514 [12JN]
———prohibit unauthorized placement of a writing on or inside a consumer product (see H.R. 2621), H3037 [23MY]
Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act: expiration (see H.R. 5616), H7893 [10OC]
Democracy: strengthen democratic institutions and promote good governance overseas by contributing to the development of professional legislative staff (see H.R. 4973), H3774 [20JN]
Dept. of Commerce: establish and appoint members of a Marine Protected Areas Advisory Committee (see H.R. 5595), H7738 [9OC]
Dept. of Defense: clothing regulations imposed on female personnel stationed in Saudi Arabia (see H.R. 4714), H2469 [14MY]
Dept. of HHS: establish an Office on Women's Health (see H.R. 1784), H110 [4FE]
Dept. of Justice: establish an Office of Children's Services (see H.R. 1904), H367 [13FE]
Dept. of the Interior: implement final rule to phase out snowmobile use in Yellowstone National Park, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Memorial Parkway, and Grand Teton National Park, and snowplane use in Grand Teton National Park (see H.R. 5044), H4324 [27JN]
Developing countries: increase assistance for the poorest people in developing countries under microenterprise assistance programs (see H.R. 4073), H1410 [17AP]
Douglas County, OR: conveyance of certain BLM lands (see H.R. 4601), H3721 [19JN]
Drugs: respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines (see H.R. 3782), H1620 [24AP]
Ecology and environment: ensure recovery of biological diversity, strengthen protection of wildlife, and provide certain assurances to local governments and individuals relative to economic development efforts (see H.R. 4579), H1619 [24AP]
Economy: recognize importance of surface transportation infrastructure and contributions of trucking, rail, and passenger transit industries to economic well being of the U.S. (see H. Res. 567), H6926 [1OC]
Education: establish a national teaching fellowship program to encourage individuals to enter, and remain, in the field of teaching at public schools (see H.R. 839), H3453 [11JN]
———improve access to printed instructional materials used by blind or other print-disabled persons in elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 4582), H5791 [25JY]
———provide educational opportunities for all students in State public school systems (see H.R. 5346), H6778 [26SE]
EPA: establish a grant and fee program to encourage and promote the recycling of used computers and to promote the development of a national infrastructure for the recycling of used computers (see H.R. 5158), H4930 [18JY]
———establish greenhouse gas inventory, registry, and information system (see H.R. 4611), H2662 [20MY]
Europe: condemn rise in anti-Semitism (see H. Res. 393), H1483 [18AP]
———recognize importance of a trans-Atlantic relationship and reaffirm the need for a continued and meaningful dialogue between the U.S. and Europe (see H. Res. 555), H6927 [1OC]
FBI: reform (see H.R. 5387), H6302 [17SE]
Federal Bureau of Investigation Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 5213), H6559 [24SE]
Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 1841), H561 [26FE]
———clarify computation of annuities for air traffic controllers relative to law enforcement officers and firefighters (see H.R. 4957), H7895 [10OC]
———ensure one-half of leave for birth, adoption, or foster placement of a child shall be leave with pay (see H.R. 3915), H1156 [9AP]
———ensure that those activated by the National Guard or Reserves shall receive pay equal to the basic pay such individual would otherwise be receiving (see H.R. 3337), H2945 [22MY]
———provide that service performed by an air traffic controller who is transferred to a supervisory or staff position continue to be treated as controller service for retirement purposes (see H.R. 4760), H7738 [9OC]
———treatment of retirement benefits for assistant U.S. attorneys (see H.R. 1090), H907 [13MR]
Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste (see H.R. 4683), H3230 [5JN]
———clarify U.S. jurisdiction over certain wetlands (see H.R. 5194), H8041 [24OC]
Financial institutions: prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities (see H.R. 3424), H1410 [17AP]
Fire prevention: reduce threat of wildfires in the wildland-urban interface, support community and private wildfire control efforts, and return receipts generated from hazardous fuels reduction projects to the Treasury (see H.R. 5358), H6171 [10SE]
Firearms: expand Dept. of the Treasury regulation of manufacture, distribution, and sale of weapons and ammunition (see H.R. 671), H651 [28FE]
———improve the national instant criminal background check system (see H.R. 4757), H6229 [11SE]
———regulation of transfers at gun shows (see H.R. 4034), H2019 [1MY]
Fish and fishing: protect certain areas of the seabed by establishing a maximum diameter size limit on rockhopper, roller, and all other groundgear used on bottom trawls (see H.R. 4003), H2945 [22MY]
Food industry: improve public health and food safety through enhanced enforcement (see H.R. 5230), H7895 [10OC]
Foreign trade: amend trade laws to provide more fairness to U.S. industry (see H.R. 2770), H7929 [15OC]
Forest Service: protection of certain roadless areas (see H.R. 4865), H3228 [5JN]
George Washington Birthplace National Monument: revise boundaries (see H.R. 3449), H5453 [24JY]
Gilman, Representative: tribute for efforts to promote a strong trans-Atlantic dialogue (see H. Res. 555), H6927 [1OC]
Government regulations: require agencies to take into consideration the impact of newly promulgated rules on the privacy of individuals (see H.R. 4561), H5998 [26JY]
Greece: return of the Parthenon Marbles (see H. Con. Res. 436), H4425 [9JY]
Health: development of microbicides to prevent the transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases (see H.R. 2405), H6060 [4SE]
———establish grants to improve nutrition, increase physical activity, and prevent obesity (see H.R. 5412), H6417 [19SE]
———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 3450), H5195 [23JY]
———reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases (see H.R. 3469), H1674 [25AP]
Height, Dorothy I.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4531), H6303 [17SE]
Hospitals: provide emergency contraceptives to women who are survivors of sexual assault (see H.R. 4113), H5998 [26JY]
Huerta, Dolores: tribute for commitment to the improvement of working conditions for children, women, and farm worker families (see H. Con. Res. 177), H6473 [23SE]
Human rights: condemn the practice of execution by stoning (see H. Con. Res. 351), H6778 [26SE]
Insurance: require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 536), H1484 [18AP]
Intelligent Transportation Systems Caucus: recognize goals and objectives (see H. Res. 369), H907 [13MR]
Iraq: support U.N. efforts to assure Iraq's compliance with Security Council resolutions and advance peace and security in the Persian Gulf region (see H. Con. Res. 473), H7304 [8OC]
Klamath River: establish water conservation and habitat restoration programs and provide emergency disaster assistance to those suffering economic harm from the Klamath River basin fish kill (see H.R. 5698), H8041 [24OC]
Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 3794), H1533 [23AP]
Medicaid: allow States to expand family planning coverage to certain women (see H.R. 2777), H1284 [11AP]
Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see H.R. 3363), H6256 [13SE]
———coverage for rehabilitation services provided by State vocational rehabilitation agencies to older, blind individuals (see H.R. 2674), H5998 [26JY]
———coverage of cholesterol and blood lipid screening (see H.R. 3278), H105 [29JA]
———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (see H.R. 5019), H4068 [26JN]
———expand medical residency training programs in geriatric medicine and provide for reimbursement of care coordination and assessment services (see H.R. 3027), H8023 [16OC]
———increase the payment amount for inpatient hospital services and freeze the reduction in payments to hospitals for indirect costs of medical education (see H.R. 1556), H3161 [4JN]
Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 4066), H1156 [9AP]
———provide for research on, and services for individuals with, postpartum depression and psychosis (see H.R. 2380), H9128 [22NO]
Mining and mineral resources: modify requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain lands (see H.R. 4748), H3038 [23MY]
———reclamation of abandoned hardrock mines (see H.R. 4078), H1770 [30AP]
Mississippi River: designate route for study of potential addition to the National Scenic Trails System (see H.R. 5417), H7019 [3OC]
Motor vehicles: prohibit the purchase, rent, or lease, for use as a school bus, of a vehicle that does not comply with school bus safety standards (see H.R. 3296), H1410 [17AP]
National and Community Service Act: establish the Right of Passage Community Service Program (see H.R. 4803), H6374 [18SE]
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: establish (see H.R. 4777), H2661 [20MY]
National Day of Silence: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 346), H1284 [11AP]
National Sea Grant College Program Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3389), H634 [27FE]
Native Americans: Federal funding for certain adoption and foster care programs (see H.R. 2335), H105 [29JA]
———protect sacred Native American Federal lands from significant damage (see H.R. 5155), H5791 [25JY]
Nobel Prize: recognition of Jimmy Carter for peace (see H. Res. 588), H8024 [16OC]
Patriotism: mint coins in commemoration of the Spirit of America and to establish the Victims of September 11th Fund (see H.R. 3244), H737 [6MR]
Peace Corps: promote global acceptance of the principles of international peace and nonviolent coexistence among peoples of diverse cultures and systems of government (see H.R. 4979), H6229 [11SE]
Pesticides: implement integrated pest management systems to minimize use in schools and provide parents and employees with notices of pesticide use (see H.R. 111), H4326 [27JN]
Pharmaceuticals: permit commercial importation of prescription drugs from Canada (see H.R. 4614), H7929 [15OC]
Pipelines: require periodic inspections and improve safety (see H.R. 144), H1410 [17AP]
Public Health Service Act: amend to provide services for the prevention of family violence (see H.R. 4916), H3513 [12JN]
Public safety officers: ensure that officers who suffer a fatal heart attack or stroke while on duty shall be presumed to have died in the line of duty for purposes of survivor benefits (see H.R. 5334), H8733 [13NO]
Public welfare programs: provide racial equity and fair treatment under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 4669), H5791 [25JY]
———temporarily extend waivers granted to States under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 5757), H9024 [14NO]
Russia: establish a debt reduction for nonproliferation program (see H.R. 3836), H1091 [20MR]
Saudi Arabia: support reform of education curriculum (see H. Con. Res. 432), H5998 [26JY]
Social Security: improve benefits for aged survivors, disabled survivors, and divorced spouses (see H.R. 4671), H2472 [14MY]
———promote smoking cessation under Medicare, Medicaid, and the Maternal and Child Health Program (see H.R. 3676), H8029 [17OC]
———provide greater equity and efficiency to the SSA payment system for claimant representation (see H.R. 3332), H833 [12MR]
———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 2638), H7172 [7OC]
Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act: ensure coverage of National Guard troops mobilized for support services in the aftermath of terrorist attacks (see H.R. 4017), H1156 [9AP]
States: address domestic and sexual violence in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Programs (see H.R. 4655), H4350 [8JY]
Taxation: allow a U.S. independent film and television production wage credit (see H.R. 3131), H524 [14FE]
———allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums (see H.R. 2125), H2945 [22MY]
———expand the Hope Scholarship credit for certain expenses and exempt certain Federal education grants when taking expenses into account (see H.R. 2219), H3601 [17JN]
———extend exclusion from an employee's gross income for employer-provided health coverage of the employee's spouse to coverage provided to the employee's domestic partner (see H.R. 2837), H1769 [30AP]
———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet and promotion of employer and employee participation in telework arrangements (see H.R. 2597), H3453 [11JN]
———prevent corporations from avoiding the U.S. income tax by reincorporating in a foreign country (see H.R. 3884), H2945 [22MY]
———treatment of bonds issued to acquire renewable resources on land subject to conservation easement (see H.R. 1711), H141 [5FE]
———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see H.R. 840), H6983 [2OC]
———treatment of telecommuting (see H.R. 1012), H105 [29JA]
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (see H. Con. Res. 464), H6229 [11SE]
Tobacco products: combat illicit trafficking of tobacco products (see H.R. 5264), H5994 [26JY]
Trade Act: amend to consolidate and improve trade adjustment assistance programs and provide community-based economic development assistance for trade-affected communities (see H.R. 3670), H142 [5FE]
Transportation: provide assistance for the construction of certain air traffic control towers (see H.R. 1979), H1283 [11AP]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see H.R. 3694), H226 [7FE]
U.N.: provide for permanent guidelines for voluntary U.S. contributions to the U.N. Population Fund (see H.R. 5293), H6251 [12SE]
———restore a voluntary U.S. contribution to the U.N. Population Fund (see H.R. 3916), H1156 [9AP]
Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (see H.R. 5491), H8023 [16OC]
Veterans: increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 5403), H6373 [18SE]
Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 3930), H3038 [23MY]
———establish marine and freshwater research, development, and demonstration programs to control and eradicate invasive species, educate the public, and restore ecosystems (see H.R. 5395), H6373 [18SE]
———establish national ballast water management program to prevent introduction of invasive species and improve prevention and treatment research and technology (see H.R. 5396), H6373 [18SE]
Women: increase financial and programmatic contributions to advancing the status of women and girls in low-income countries around the world (see H.R. 4114), H1289 [15AP]
———protect breastfeeding by new mothers, establish performance standard for breast pumps, and allow tax credit for enabling mothers to breastfeed or express milk at work (see H.R. 285), H8023 [16OC]
———require U.S. activities in Afghanistan and other Central Asian countries relative to post-conflict peace, reconstruction, and relief comply with basic human rights (see H.R. 3342), H227 [7FE]
World Cup: tribute to soccer tournament and co-hosts, the Republic of Korea and Japan (see H. Con. Res. 394), H2608 [16MY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Animals: prohibit use of polar bears in circuses (see H.R. 3932), H832 [12MR]
Armstrong, Lance: tribute (see H. Res. 548), H6559 [24SE]
Tariff: tramway cars for use in Portland, OR (see H.R. 4467), H1409 [17AP]
Motions
Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), H1747 [30AP]
Motions
House of Representatives: adjournment, H1671 [25AP]
Pledge of Allegiance
House of Representatives, H7021 [7OC]
Remarks
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 4965), H5369
Afghanistan: economic and democratic development assistance funding, H5227
———improve immediate and longterm security needs, H2762 [21MY]
Agriculture: conservation programs funding, H2006, H2007 [1MY], H3432-H3436 [11JN]
———continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), H1678 [29AP]
———continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), conference report, H2002, H2006, H2007 [1MY], H2052
———continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 403), H2026 [2MY]
———continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), motion to instruct conferees, H1377 [17AP], H1747 [30AP]
———limit price support payments to producers, H2003 [1MY], H2026 [2MY]
Amtrak: funding, H3437 [11JN], H3724 [20JN], H3778 [21JN], H4033 [26JN], H5227
Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), conference report, H5974, H5984
———extend and expand (H.R. 3009), consideration of Senate amendment with an amendment (H. Res. 450), H3962
Animals: prohibit use of polar bears in circuses (H.R. 3932), E322
———U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service rescue of polar bear from Puerto Rican circus, H741 [7MR]
Appropriations: legislative process, H7000
———making continuing (H.J. Res. 111), H6767
———making continuing (H.J. Res. 112), H7000
———making continuing (H.J. Res. 122), H7834
———making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), H2836, H2932 [22MY], H2953 [23MY]
———making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), conference report, H5227
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7203 [8OC], H7751
———performance of abortions at overseas military medical facilities, H2364
———U.S. policy on use against Iraq, H6689 [25SE]
Armstrong, Lance: tribute (H. Res. 548), E1654
Arts and humanities: National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities funding through reductions in Dept. of the Interior funding, H4811
Aviation: establish a program for Federal flight deck officers (H.R. 4635), H4448
———extension of liability limitations and immunity for airport screening companies, H5825 [26JY]
———impact of Executive order allowing privatization of certain air traffic controller functions, H3436, H3437 [11JN]
———improve security by allowing pilots to have guns in the cockpit, H4448
Birds: prohibit interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to States in which animal fighting is lawful, H1678 [29AP], H2002 [1MY]
Budget: allocation of funds, E101
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2003-2007 (H. Con. Res. 353), H1070
Business and industry: enhance penalties for accounting and auditing improprieties at publicly traded companies (H.R. 5118), H4693
———protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures pursuant to securities laws (H.R. 3763), H1556
———protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures pursuant to securities laws (H.R. 3763), conference report, H5477
Capitol Building and Grounds: bicycle access, H4896 [18JY]
Children and youth: prevent child abduction (H.R. 5422), E1787
Corps of Engineers: reform, H3643 [18JN]
Courts: expand Federal diversity jurisdiction to allow consideration of certain interstate class actions and provide additional protections to plaintiff class members (H.R. 2341), E388
Crime: life imprisonment for repeat offenders who commit sex offenses against children (H.R. 2146), H916
———prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (H.R. 476), H1369
Cuba: condition lifting of travel restrictions on certification that Cuba is not developing or providing technology to terrorists for biological weapons and is not providing support or sanctuary to terrorists, H5272 [23JY]
———exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical supplies, instruments, or equipment, H5346
———lift certain restrictions on remittances to Cuban nationals, H5346
———lift travel restrictions, H5346
Customs Service: civil liability of inspectors relative to alleged use of racial and other discriminatory profiling in connection with searches and detentions of individuals, E906
———development of cargo identification and screening system that requires a detailed report prior to the loading of such cargo, E968
———expand authority to search outgoing international mail, E906
Customs Service, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, and ITC: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3129), E906
Dept. of Agriculture: strengthen limitations on commodity payments and benefits and use resulting savings to improve certain programs, H1377 [17AP]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4546), H2276
———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4546), consideration (H. Res. 415), H2253 [9MY]
———exemption from certain environmental regulations, H2932 [22MY]
———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 5011), conference report, H7817
———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 5011), consideration (H. Res. 462), H4138 [27JN]
———making appropriations (H.R. 5010), H4092
———making appropriations (H.R. 5010), conference report, H7810
———management of water consumption relative to certain military installations, H2836 [22MY], H2953 [23MY]
———treatment of unexploded ordnance, H4112 [27JN]
Dept. of Energy: enhance national laboratory mission areas through technology transfer and partnerships (S. 517), H910 [14MR]
Dept. of HHS: establish an Office on Women's Health (H.R. 1784), H6266
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), H5825, H5876
———establish (H.R. 5710), H8708
Dept. of HUD: assist States, tribal governments, and Native Hawaiian organizations with land use planning to promote improved quality of life, regionalism, sustainable economic development, and environmental stewardship (H.R. 1433), H1494 [23AP]
Dept. of the Interior: ensure full historical accounting of Native American trust funds, H4791 [17JY]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5093), H4791, H4811
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5120), H5272 [23JY], H5346
Digital Tech Corps Act: prohibit access to trade secrets or any nonpublic information by private sector executives and establish a Federal information technology training program, H1168 [10AP]
Ecology and environment: national objectives priority assignments, H4412, H4413, H4414 [9JY]
———reinstatement of EPA Superfund tax, H4412, H4413, H4414 [9JY]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: allow tax relief to continue as scheduled (H. Con. Res. 312), E101
———make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (H.R. 4019), H3530
———make pension and individual retirement arrangement provisions permanent (H.R. 4931), H3797
———make tax benefits permanent, H1450
Enron Corp.: economic collapse, H1247
Eximbank: prohibit assistance to companies who lay off a greater percentage of U.S. workers than those in foreign countries, H1785
———reauthorize (H.R. 2871), H1782, H1785
———reauthorize (S. 1372), conference report, H3179 [5JN]
Federal employees: establish an exchange program between the Government and the private sector to improve information technology management (H.R. 3925), H1168 [10AP]
Financial institutions: prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities, H5346
Fire prevention: encourage Federal land management agencies to reduce forest fuels that place national resources at high risk of catastrophic wildfire, H3922 [25JN]
Foreign aid: authorize economic and democratic development assistance for Afghanistan and military assistance for Afghanistan and certain other foreign countries (H.R. 3994), H2762, H2768, H2769 [21MY]
———authorize economic and democratic development assistance for Afghanistan and military assistance for Afghanistan and certain other foreign countries (H.R. 3994), consideration (H. Res. 419), H2481 [15MY]
Foreign trade: temporarily modify certain rates of duty and make other technical amendments to the trade laws (H.R. 5385), H7101
Forest Service: protection of certain roadless areas (H.R. 4865), H3922 [25JN]
Global Crossing Holdings, Ltd.: economic collapse, H1556
Government: authorize telecommuting for Federal contractors (H.R. 3924), H1017
Hazardous substances: approve Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site (H.J. Res. 87), H2202
Health: expand applicability of laws preventing governmental discrimination against health care entities who refuse to perform or provide training in performing abortions (H.R. 4691), H6583
———improve men's health through fitness and reduction of obesity (H. Res. 438), H3306 [11JN]
———reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (H.R. 4600), H6735
Homeless: eliminate abuse of individuals, H3607 [18JN]
Indonesia: commemorate independence of East Timor and encourage establishment of diplomatic relations (H. Con. Res. 405), H2741 [21MY]
Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (H.R. 1542), H579, H592 [27FE]
———protect competition in Internet and high speed data services by preserving certain FCC and State regulations affecting competitive local exchange carriers, H592 [27FE]
INS: replace with the Agency for Immigration Affairs (H.R. 3231), H1641
Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4628), H5424
Klamath Basin: prohibit the renewal of certain agricultural leases permitting the growing of alfafa or row crops, H4834, H4836, H4837 [17JY]
Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 5121), H4896, H4897
Lewis and Clark College: tribute to efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, E166
Medicare: establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), H4290
Motor vehicles: increase corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards and encourage use of alternative fuels and advanced technology vehicles, H910 [14MR]
National Park Service: snowmobile regulations, H3922 [25JN]
National parks and recreation areas: preservation and protection, H3920, H3921, H3922, H3924, H3925 [25JN]
National security: improve port and maritime security (H.R. 3983), E968
Pensions: provide additional protection to participants in individual account plans, promote investment advice, and prohibit certain insider trades of securities (H.R. 3762), H1247
Pipelines: disclosure of pipeline locations to increase community awareness, E971
———improve safey (H.R. 3609), E971
Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (H. Res. 459), H4135
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), H353
Portland, OR: tribute to Grant High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, E128
Postal Service: guidelines for renovation, relocation, closing, or consolidation of post offices, H5346
Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 4), H6689, H6690 [25SE]
———national energy policy, H910 [14MR]
Public debt: ceiling, H2932 [22MY]
———ceiling (S. 2578), H4164
Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), H2478 [15MY], H2515, H2559
Salt Lake City, UT: tribute to athletes, organizing committees, Utah, and security personnel who participated in the Olympic games (H. Res. 363), H1106 [9AP]
Sewage disposal: enhance security of wastewater treatment works (H.R. 5169), H7023 [7OC]
Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H1070
Taxation: constitutional amendment on tax limitations (H.J. Res. 96), H3485
———exclusion from gross income for foster care payments relative to certain nongovernmental placement agencies (H.R. 586), H1450
———increase unified estate tax credit, H3258
———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), H3258
———prohibit use of Social Security trust funds to make repeal of marriage taxes permanent, H3530
———provide incentives for economic recovery, H505
———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), H765
———treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), H505
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (H. Con. Res. 464), H6187 [11SE]
Trade Act: amend to consolidate and improve trade adjustment assistance programs and provide community-based economic development assistance for trade-affected communities, H3962
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (H.R. 3694), H2413
Treaties and agreements: extend trade negotiating and trade agreement implementing authority, H5974, H5984
Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program, H505
Vietnam: make normal trade relations status contingent upon free emigration policies (H.J. Res. 101), H5103 [23JY]
World Summit on Sustainable Development: U.S. policy, H6111, H6112, H6113, H6114, H6115, H6116, H6117 [9SE]
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H1671 [25AP]
Special order: granted, H139 [5FE], H1767 [30AP], H2940 [22MY], H3666 [18JN], H3719 [19JN], H4065 [26JN], H6371 [18SE]
Tributes
Pelosi, Representative, H131 [5FE]