McKEON, HOWARD P. ``BUCK'' (a Representative from California)
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 4, Securing America's Future Energy (SAFE) Act, H3472 [12JN]
———H.R. 4546, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, H5607 [25JY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Americans With Disabilities Act: require that any civil action against a place of public accommodation or commercial facility allow an opportunity for alleged violations to be corrected (see H.R. 914), H6926 [1OC]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (see H.J. Res. 114), H7304 [8OC]
———restore the tax-exempt status of death gratuity payments (see H.R. 3973), H2356 [9MY]
Bankruptcy: treatment of certain claims or interests (see H.R. 4696), H5998 [26JY]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 86), H1283 [11AP]
California: address habitat enhancement projects at Salton Sea (see H.R. 5123), H5453 [24JY]
———address habitat enhancement projects at Salton Sea, Federal environmental compliance, and off-stream water management reservoirs near the All American Canal (see H.R. 2764), H833 [12MR]
California Missions Foundation: support efforts to restore and repair Spanish colonial and mission-era missions in California and to preserve artworks and artifacts of these missions (see H.R. 5699), H8041 [24OC]
Children and youth: prevent child abuse, neglect, and abandonment and family violence (see H.R. 3839), H686 [5MR]
———promote personal safety programs for children (see H. Con. Res. 484), H6778 [26SE]
———recognize the benefits of mentoring (see H. Res. 330), H36 [23JA]
Colleges and universities: recognize contributions of historically Black colleges and universities (see H. Res. 523), H6304 [17SE]
Davis, Benjamin O., Jr.: tribute (see H. Res. 487), H5087 [22JY]
Dept. of Defense: use of facilities as polling places for Federal, State, and local elections (see H.R. 5575), H8023 [16OC]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (see H.R. 5005), H3859 [24JN]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve procurement practices in procuring health-care items (see H.R. 3645), H4872 [17JY]
District of Columbia: scholarship vouchers to provide school choice (see H.R. 5033), H4575 [12JY]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: allow tax relief to continue as scheduled (see H. Con. Res. 303), H105 [29JA] (see H. Con. Res. 312), H141 [5FE]
———make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (see H.R. 4019), H3454 [11JN]
Education: increase amount of student loan forgiveness available to qualified teachers, with an emphasis on special education teachers (see H.R. 5091), H4552 [11JY]
———increase student loan forgiveness to teachers in mathematics, science, and special education (see H.R. 3957), H906 [13MR]
———restrict the disqualification of students for drug offenses to those students who committed offenses while receiving student financial aid (see H.R. 3777), H907 [13MR]
FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2649), H833 [12MR]
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service: exert best efforts to avert Major League Baseball strike, lockout, or any coercive conduct that interferes with playing of games (see H. Con. Res. 444), H4872 [17JY]
First Tee (organization): tribute to programs that provide young people an opportunity to develop through golf and character education (see H. Res. 448), H3668 [18JN]
Francis Dayle `Chick' Hearn Post Office, Encino, CA: designate (see H.R. 5340), H6084 [5SE]
FTC: regulation of unfair or deceptive practices by sports agents in the signing of contracts with student athletes (see H.R. 4701), H4605 [15JY]
House of Representatives: encourage each State to examine its statutes, practices, and procedures governing appointment and election of new Members in the event of a catastrophe (see H. Res. 559), H6777 [26SE]
James V. Hansen Federal Building, Ogden, UT: designate (see H.R. 5611), H7893 [10OC]
Joe Skeen Federal Building, Roswell, NM: designate (see H.R. 5427), H6778 [26SE]
Korean Americans: mint coins in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of Korean immigration to the U.S. (see H.R. 5476), H6927 [1OC]
Los Angeles National Cemetery: designate the Bob Hope Veterans Chapel (see H.R. 4592), H1673 [25AP]
Mammoth Community Water District: remove certain restrictions on the ability to use certain acquired property (see H.R. 5222), H5790 [25JY]
Market Integrity Commission: establish to study issues relating to the governance of corporations in interstate and foreign commerce (see H.R. 5050), H4325 [27JN]
Medicaid: extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (see H.R. 854), H2100 [2MY]
Medicare: coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1624), H3161 [4JN]
———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), H3601 [17JN]
———make the social HMO a permanent option under Medicare+Choice program (see H.R. 2953), H3229 [5JN]
Motor vehicles: provide for greater fairness in the motor vehicle franchise contract arbitration process (see H.R. 1296), H561 [26FE]
Nat King Cole Post Office, Los Angeles, CA: designate (see H.R. 4797), H2943 [22MY]
National Charter Schools Week: observance (see H. Con. Res. 386), H1674 [25AP]
National Importance of Health Care Coverage Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 271), H1202 [10AP]
Norman Shumway Post Office Building, Stockton, CA: designate (see H.R. 5465), H6692 [25SE]
Oakland Athletics (baseball team): tribute (see H. Res. 530), H6927 [1OC]
Pensions: provide additional protection to participants in individual account plans, promote investment advice, and prohibit certain insider trades of securities (see H.R. 3762), H523 [14FE]
———provide additional protection to participants in individual account plans, promote investment advice, and prohibit certain insider trades of securities (H.R. 3762), complete congressional action (see H. Res. 540), H6419 [19SE]
Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (see H. Res. 459), H4326 [27JN]
Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 4700), H2355 [9MY] (see H.R. 4737), H2511 [15MY]
———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), complete congressional action (see H. Res. 525), H6303 [17SE]
Robert J. Dole Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Wichita, KS: designate (see H.R. 4608), H2356 [9MY]
Ronald C. Packard Post Office Building, Oceanside, CA: designate (see H.R. 4794), H2943 [22MY]
Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 498), H1201 [10AP]
Taxation: allow a U.S. independent film and television production wage credit (see H.R. 3131), H105 [29JA]
———allow deduction equal to fair market value for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (see H.R. 1598), H2100 [2MY]
———exclude from gross income discharges of indebtedness attributable to certain forgiven residential mortgage obligations (see H.R. 13), H2661 [20MY]
———require child support delinquent parents to include their unpaid obligation in gross income, and allow custodial parents a deduction for unpaid child support (see H.R. 5130), H4765 [16JY]
———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 2714), H2356 [9MY] (see H.R. 4716), H2470 [14MY]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see H.R. 3694), H367 [13FE]
Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H4350 [8JY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Colleges and universities: recognize contributions of Hispanic-serving institutions (see H. Res. 561), H6777 [26SE]
Higher Education Act: incorporate results from the Fed Up Initiative which identifies outdated or burdensome regulations (see H.R. 4866), H3229 [5JN] (see H.R. 5072), H4424 [9JY]
Public welfare programs: reauthorize Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work-related provisions and Child Care and Development Block Grants (see H.R. 4092), H1152 [9AP]
Letters
Clarify waiver authority granted to local workforce investment boards under the Workforce Investment Act: Kay G. Hoch and Robert Knight, National Association of Workforce Boards, H2544 [16MY]
Remarks
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7283 [8OC]
Bush, President: visit to the People's Republic of China, E175
China, People's Republic of: U.S. policy, E175
Colleges and universities: recognize contributions of Hispanic-serving institutions (H. Res. 561), H6823, H6824 [1OC], E1696
Dart, Justin W., Jr.: tribute (H. Res. 460), H4707, H4710 [16JY]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4546), E793
———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4546), conference report, E2024
Diseases: combat endometriosis (H. Con. Res. 291), H6811 [1OC]
Education: improve Federal research, statistics, evaluation, information, and dissemination (H.R. 5598), H7875
———increase amount of student loan forgiveness available to qualified teachers, with an emphasis on special education teachers (H.R. 5091), H6818, H6819, H6822 [1OC]
Higher Education Act: establish fixed interest rates for student and parent borrowers and extend current law relative to special allowances for lenders (S. 1762), H44 [24JA]
———establish fixed interest rates for student and parent borrowers and extend current law relative to special allowances for lenders (S. 1762), consideration (H. Res. 334), H42 [24JA]
———incorporate results from the Fed Up Initiative which identifies outdated or burdensome regulations (H.R. 4866), H4703 [16JY], E972
Mink, Patsy T.: honorary renaming of Title IX prohibiting gender discrimination in educational and athletic programs (H.J. Res. 113), H7147
Pensions: provide additional protection to participants in individual account plans, promote investment advice, and prohibit certain insider trades of securities (H.R. 3762), H1243 [11AP]
———provide additional protection to participants in individual account plans, promote investment advice, and prohibit certain insider trades of securities (H.R. 3762), complete congressional action (H. Res. 540), E1693
Priesz, Paul: Association of California School Administrators California Principal of the Year award recipient, E1174
Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), H2540, H2544 [16MY]
———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), complete congressional action (H. Res. 525), H6390 [19SE]
———reauthorize Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work-related provisions and Child Care and Development Block Grants (H.R. 4092), E470
University of Maryland: tribute to men's basketball team (H. Res. 383), H1267, H1268 [11AP]
Workforce Investment Act: clarify waiver authority granted to local workforce investment boards, H2544 [16MY]
Tributes
Bernson, Hal, E1896
March, David, E1049