MILLER, GEORGE (a Representative from California)
Amendments
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5120), H5200 [23JY]
Pensions: provide additional protection to participants in individual account plans, promote investment advice, and prohibit certain insider trades of securities (H.R. 3762), H1248 [11AP]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 4, Securing America's Future Energy (SAFE) Act, H3472 [12JN]
———H.R. 2215, Dept. of Justice appropriations, H172 [6FE]
———H.R. 3009, Trade Act, H4020 [26JN]
———H.R. 3763, Corporate and Auditing Accountability, Responsibility, and Transparency Act, H4847 [17JY]
———H.R. 4546, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, H5607 [25JY]
Patsy T. Mink funeral attendees, H7006 [3OC]
Articles and editorials
Audit Finds Lapses in Maryland Child Care—Contact Lost With Children; One Placed With Offender, Matthew Mosk, Washington (DC) Post, E1501
Children in Peril, Pittsburgh (PA) Post-Gazette, E1938
D.C. Speeds Group Home Change—Move Follows New Report of Assaults on Boys, Washington (DC) Post, E1525
Damming the Money Stream of the Water Profiteers, by, Los Angeles (CA) Times, E1231 [10JY]
Don't Penalize Children for Parents Going to Work, Atlanta (GA) Journal-Constitution, E912
Ex-Employees Questioned on 401(k) Plan, Liz Pulliam Weston, Los Angeles (CA) Times, E256
Foster-Care Tragedy Worthy of Dickens, Lew Hollman, Los Angeles (CA) Times, E1304
Grim Tales Arise From Foster Care, Megan O'Matz and Sally Kestin, Fort Lauderdale (FL) South Florida Sun Sentinel, E1778
Helping Mend Troubled Families—Agency's Innovative Program Keeps Kids at Home or Nearby, Encarnacion Pyle, Columbus (OH) Dispatch, E1684
Lawsuit To Target Rules for Foster Care by Relatives, Mareva Brown, Sacramento (CA) Bee, E1636
Lax Workplace-Injury Policies Are Killing Us, Dick Meister, San Francisco (CA) Examiner, E719
More Get Rich and Pay Less in Taxes, David Cay Johnston, New York (NY) Times, E113
Officers May Gain More Than Investors in Move to Bermuda, David C. Johnston, New York (NY) Times, E865
Probe Deep, and Fairly, Senator McCain, Washington (DC) Post, H2927 [22MY]
Safe Job Not a Lot To Ask, Contra Costa (CA) Times, E594
Second-Greatest Job in the World, Courtney Thompson, Roll Call (publication), E839
State Child-Welfare Payroll Includes Employees Who Have Criminal Pasts, David Kidwell, Jason Grotto, and Tere Figueras, Miami (FL) Herald, E1599
Tearful Apology in Boy's Death; County—A $1-Million Payout Is OK'd—Molina, Moved by a Mother's Plea, Vows Answers in Foster Care Case, Garrett Therolf, Los Angeles (CA) Times, E1569
Unjust Rewards, Ken Silverstein, Mother Jones (magazine), E890
Way Out, George F. Will, Washington (DC) Post, H2927 [22MY]
What Went Wrong, Michael Hirsh and Michael Isikoff, Newsweek (publication), H2928 [22MY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Africa: recognize the importance of inheritance rights of women (see H. Con. Res. 421), H3668 [18JN]
Agriculture: respond to surge of coffee imports (see H. Res. 604), H8732 [13NO]
Animal Welfare Act: strengthen enforcement of animal fighting provisions (see H.R. 5268), H6061 [4SE]
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), H1769 [30AP]
———prohibit use of polar bears in circuses (see H.R. 3932), H832 [12MR]
Armed Forces: require congressional authority to authorize use against Iraq (see H.J. Res. 109), H5996 [26JY]
———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 179), H3160 [4JN]
Armstrong, Lance: tribute (see H. Res. 548), H6559 [24SE]
Aviation: recognize heroism and courage of airline flight attendants (see H. Con. Res. 401), H3038 [23MY]
Black Lung Benefits Act: ensure benefit equity for eligible survivors (see H.R. 4235), H1333 [16AP]
Business and industry: prohibit certain employees and shareholders from obtaining special loans (see H.R. 4084), H4605 [15JY]
———provide for enhanced corporate responsibility under securities laws (see H.R. 4083), H1152 [9AP]
California: designate certain lands as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System (see H.R. 4750), H7019 [3OC]
———designate certain public lands as wilderness and certain rivers as wild and scenic rivers to designate salmon restoration areas and to establish the Sacramento River National Conservation Area (see H.R. 4948), H3601 [17JN]
———designate certain public lands as wilderness and certain rivers as wild and scenic rivers to establish the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest (see H.R. 4947), H3600 [17JN]
———designate certain public lands as wilderness and designate certain segments of the Black Butte River in Mendocino County as a wild or scenic river (see H.R. 4949), H3601 [17JN]
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]
Capitol Building and Grounds: tribute to District of Columbia National Guard and Capitol Police for increased security after terrorist and anthrax attacks (see H. Con. Res. 371), H1200 [10AP]
Cesar E. Chavez Post Office, San Diego, CA: designate (see H.R. 5256), H7895 [10OC]
Children and youth: improve academic and social outcomes for students by providing productive activities during after-school hours (see H.R. 1822), H1674 [25AP]
———increase the availability and quality of child care for disabled children (see H.R. 2787), H1090 [20MR]
———prevent child abuse, neglect, and abandonment and family violence (see H.R. 3839), H1155 [9AP]
———recognize the benefits of mentoring (see H. Res. 330), H36 [23JA]
Civil War: posthumously proclaim soldiers of Asian descent who fought in the Civil War to be honorary U.S. citizens (see H.J. Res. 125), H9024 [14NO]
Clothing industry: provide access to information about sweatshop conditions (see H.R. 4768), H2607 [16MY]
Collective bargaining: repeal ability of the President to intervene in strikes and lock-outs (see H.R. 5644), H8021 [16OC]
Colleges and universities: eliminate termination date on authority for schools with low default rates to make single disbursements of student loans (see H.R. 4639), H2472 [14MY]
———recognize contributions of Hispanic-serving institutions (see H. Res. 561), H6777 [26SE]
———recognize contributions of historically Black colleges and universities (see H. Res. 523), H6304 [17SE]
Computers: encourage use of web-based enrollment systems in the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 5233), H5790 [25JY]
Contraceptives: establish a public education and awareness program relative to emergency contraception (see H.R. 3887), H1155 [9AP]
Corp. for National and Community Service: reauthorize and reform national service laws (see H.R. 4854), H3293 [6JN]
Corporations: prohibit certain expatriated corporations from being eligible for the award of Federal contracts (see H.R. 4831), H6061 [4SE]
———promote responsibility (see H.R. 5160), H4930 [18JY]
Corps of Engineers: carry out a project for flood protection and ecosystem restoration for Sacramento, CA (see H.R. 3399), H2511 [15MY]
———participation in ecosystem restoration of the San Francisco Bay estuary (see H.R. 4926), H3513 [12JN]
Courts: establish domestic violence court systems from amounts available for grants to combat violence against women (see H.R. 4091), H1152 [9AP]
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), H1769 [30AP]
———provide grants for public information campaigns to educate racial and ethnic minorities about domestic violence (see H.R. 4089), H1152 [9AP]
———require purchases of firearms, ammunition, and explosives be made in person and keep records on the means of purchase (see H.R. 4101), H1153 [9AP]
Cuba: grant waiver to allow Cuban nationals to play professional baseball in the U.S. (see H.R. 26), H4498 [10JY]
Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act: expiration (see H.R. 5616), H7893 [10OC]
Dart, Justin W., Jr.: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 5188), H5194 [23JY]
———tribute (see H. Res. 460), H4069 [26JN]
Dept. of Agriculture: clarify authority to establish performance standards for the reduction of pathogens in meat and poultry processed by establishments receiving inspection services (see H.R. 3956), H906 [13MR]
Dept. of Commerce: establish and appoint members of a Marine Protected Areas Advisory Committee (see H.R. 5595), H7738 [9OC]
Dept. of Defense: develop inventory of sites within former military ranges containing unexploded ordnance or other abandoned munitions that pose health or safety threats and improve public awareness of such sites (see H.R. 2605), H1284 [11AP]
———disclose information on projects that included testing of biological or chemical agents involving potential exposure of Armed Forces members to toxic agents (see H.R. 5060), H4325 [27JN]
Dept. of HUD: permit public housing agencies to transfer unused low-income rental assistance amounts to the HOME Program or for eligible Capital Fund public housing activities (see H.R. 4205), H3775 [20JN]
Dept. of Justice: appoint an independent counsel on matters relating to Enron Corp. (see H. Con. Res. 333), H2512 [15MY]
———establish an Office of Children's Services (see H.R. 1904), H833 [12MR]
Dept. of the Interior: conduct a special resource study of sites associated with the life of Cesar E. Chavez and the farm labor movement to determine appropriate methods for their preservation and interpretation (see H.R. 2966), H4553 [11JY]
———conduct study on the inclusion of Eagledale Ferry Dock in the National Park System (see H.R. 3747), H4931 [18JY]
———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: reauthorize microenterprise assistance programs and expand sustainable poverty-focused microenterprise programs by implementing improved poverty measurement methods (see H.R. 4209), H1484 [18AP]
Diseases: combat cancer (see H.R. 4596), H2472 [14MY]
———expand research on inflammatory bowel disease (see H.R. 5031), H8733 [13NO]
Drugs: concentrate Federal resources on the prosecution of major drug offenses (see H.R. 1978), H1154 [9AP]
Education: constitutional amendment on the right to a quality public education (see H.J. Res. 31), H3721 [19JN]
———improve access to printed instructional materials used by blind or other print-disabled persons in elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 4582), H1619 [24AP]
———provide educational opportunities for all students in State public school systems (see H.R. 5346), H6129 [9SE]
———support business incubation in academic settings (see H.R. 5312), H5996 [26JY]
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), H1673 [25AP]
ERISA: improve Dept. of Labor enforcement of requirements relating to participation, vesting, benefit accrual, and funding (see H.R. 4778), H2735 [21MY]
Families and domestic relations: provide coverage of domestic violence screening and treatment under Maternal and Child Health Program, Medicaid, and Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 4032), H1410 [17AP]
FBI: permit access to National Instant Criminal Background Check System records in law enforcement investigations (see H.R. 3494), H37 [23JA]
FCC: assign radio spectrum frequencies to public safety agencies (see H.R. 3397), H8023 [16OC]
FDA: require labeling containing information applicable to pediatric patients (see H.R. 4730), H6777 [26SE]
Federal aid programs: provide housing assistance to domestic violence victims (see H.R. 3752), H366 [13FE]
Federal Bureau of Investigation Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 5213), H6304 [17SE]
Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act: amend relative to firefighter assistance (see H.R. 4548), H6251 [12SE]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend relative to the development of products for rare diseases (see H.R. 4014), H1156 [9AP]
Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify U.S. jurisdiction over certain wetlands (see H.R. 5194), H8546 [12NO]
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), H1091 [20MR]
Firefighters: authorize grants to States or communities to assist fire departments in meeting staffing standards (see H.R. 3185), H1769 [30AP]
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]
Food: ensure safety of genetically engineered foods (see H.R. 4813), H2944 [22MY]
———require foods containing known allergens to bear labeling that states that fact and the names of the allergens (see H.R. 5747), H9023 [14NO]
———require labels on food that contains, or is produced with, a genetically engineered material (see H.R. 4814), H2944 [22MY]
Food Safety Administration: establish as independent agency to consolidate food safety, labeling, and inspection functions (see H.R. 1671), H3229 [5JN]
Forest Service: protection of certain roadless areas (see H.R. 4865), H3228 [5JN]
Forests: ban clearcutting and logging on certain Federal lands to strengthen protection of native biodiversity (see H.R. 5279), H5995 [26JY]
Francis Dayle `Chick' Hearn Post Office, Encino, CA: designate (see H.R. 5340), H6374 [18SE]
FTC: amend trade regulation rule on ophthalmic practice to require the release of prescriptions for contact lenses (see H.R. 2663), H1284 [11AP]
———deem the nondisclosure of employer-owned life insurance coverage of employees an unfair trade practice (see H.R. 4551), H2019 [1MY]
Government: support use of fair trade certified coffee (see H. Res. 491), H4872 [17JY]
Haiti: end embargo and certain restrictions on humanitarian and development assistance (see H. Con. Res. 382), H3293 [6JN]
Health: establish a program to assist family caregivers in accessing affordable and high-quality respite care (see H.R. 5241), H5993 [26JY]
———provide programs for the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of stroke (see H.R. 3431), H1155 [9AP]
———reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases (see H.R. 3469), H2356 [9MY]
Height, Dorothy I.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4531), H6303 [17SE]
Higher Education Act: incorporate results from the Fed Up Initiative which identifies outdated or burdensome regulations (see H.R. 4866), H3229 [5JN]
Hospitals: provide emergency contraceptives to women who are survivors of sexual assault (see H.R. 4113), H3928 [25JN]
Human rights: condemn the practice of execution by stoning (see H. Con. Res. 351), H1284 [11AP]
Immigration: assess aliens' immigration status relative to eligibility to serve in the Armed Forces and to be employed in airport security, and permit naturalization through certain active-duty military service (see H.R. 4058), H1088 [20MR]
———protection of battered immigrant families (see H.R. 3828), H2235 [8MY]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: amend to improve early intervention programs for infants and toddlers with disabilities (see H.R. 5076), H6374 [18SE]
———develop and implement strategies to reduce the number of emotionally disturbed children that require special education services (see H.R. 5352), H6374 [18SE]
Insurance: establish a Federal program to provide reinsurance to improve the availability of homeowners' insurance (see H.R. 4025), H3292 [6JN]
———extend mental health coverage parity (see H.R. 5716), H8731 [13NO]
———require comprehensive coverage for childhood immunizations (see H.R. 580), H833 [12MR]
Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 3781), H655 [4MR]
Iraq: adjudication and payment of certain claims against Iraq and priority for veterans filing such claims (see H.R. 4573), H1619 [24AP]
Iron and steel industry: remedy certain injurious effects of steel imports by protecting benefits of steelworkers and retirees and strengthening the U.S. steel industry (see H.R. 4646), H2099 [2MY]
James V. Hansen Federal Building, Ogden, UT: designate (see H.R. 5611), H7893 [10OC]
Lobbyists: require certain coalitions and associations to disclose lobbying activities (see H.R. 5526, 5527), H6982 [2OC]
Los Angeles National Cemetery: designate the Bob Hope Veterans Chapel (see H.R. 4592), H1770 [30AP]
Medicaid: increase Federal medical assistance percentage to help States finance increases in enrollment (see H.R. 3414), H2945 [22MY]
———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see H.R. 3612), H1201 [10AP]
Medicare: clarify definition of homebound relative to home health services (see H.R. 1490), H6060 [4SE]
———coverage of adult day care services (see H.R. 3585), H2019 [1MY]
———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (see H.R. 5019), H4068 [26JN]
———reduce work hours and increase supervision of resident-physicians to ensure the safety of both patients and resident-physicians (see H.R. 3236), H937 [18MR]
———specify the update for physician fee schedule payments and conduct a study on replacing the use of the sustainable growth rate as a factor in such update (see H.R. 3351), H688 [5MR]
Medicare/Medicaid: conduct studies on comparative effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of prescription drugs that account for high levels of expenditures or use by individuals (see H.R. 4832), H6374 [18SE]
Mental health: establish State and local grants to provide services in response to public health emergencies and disasters resulting from terrorism (see H.R. 3413), H6060 [4SE]
———increase number of well-trained mental health service professionals providing clinical mental health care to children and adolescents (see H.R. 5078), H6061 [4SE]
———provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 4066), H1089 [20MR]
Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 4799), H2943 [22MY]
Mining and mineral resources: modify requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain lands (see H.R. 4748), H2606 [16MY]
Motor vehicles: increase fines for improper use of vehicles that result in damage to public lands or national forests (see H.R. 1382), H4574 [12JY]
———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), H2735 [21MY]
Museum and Library Services Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3784), H688 [5MR]
Nat King Cole Post Office, Los Angeles, CA: designate (see H.R. 4797), H2943 [22MY]
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: establish (see H.R. 4777), H2735 [21MY]
National Epilepsy Month: designate (see H. Res. 484), H6061 [4SE]
National Organ Donor Registry: establish (see H.R. 5124), H6130 [9SE]
Native Americans: Federal funding for certain adoption and foster care programs (see H.R. 2335), H781 [7MR]
———protect sacred Native American Federal lands from significant damage (see H.R. 5155), H4930 [18JY]
NIH: establish Office of Rare Diseases (see H.R. 4013), H1201 [10AP]
———provide for Alzheimer's disease research and demonstration grants (see H.R. 4606), H4553 [11JY]
NOAA: convey Tiburon Laboratory to California State University (see H.R. 5498), H6776 [26SE]
Nobel Prize: recognition of Jimmy Carter for peace (see H. Res. 588), H7929 [15OC]
Patriotism: mint coins in commemoration of the Spirit of America and to establish the Victims of September 11th Fund (see H.R. 3244), H1410 [17AP]
Pharmaceuticals: require prescription drug manufacturers, packers, and distributors to disclose certain gifts provided in connection with promotional or marketing activities (see H.R. 5037), H4324 [27JN]
Presidential Records Act: establish procedures for the consideration of claims of constitutionality based privilege against disclosure of Presidential records (see H.R. 4187), H1533 [23AP]
Public Health Service Act: establish Nationwide Health Tracking Network (see H.R. 4061), H1089 [20MR]
Public welfare programs: address barriers to employment as a work activity under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 5344), H6129 [9SE]
———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 3113), H562 [26FE] (see H.R. 4210), H2356 [9MY]
———reauthorize and reform block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 3625), H367 [13FE]
Roads and highways: amend length and weight limitations for vehicles operating on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 3132), H5998 [26JY]
Ronald C. Packard Post Office Building, Oceanside, CA: designate (see H.R. 4794), H2943 [22MY]
Rowley, Coleen: tribute (see H. Res. 436), H3292 [6JN]
Selective Service System: oppose reinstating the military draft or implementing any other form of compulsory military service (see H. Con. Res. 368), H2101 [2MY]
Senior citizens: modify the eligibility criteria for supplemental foods provided under the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (see H.R. 5107), H4932 [18JY]
Ships and vessels: encourage safe and responsible use of personal watercraft (see H.R. 702), H4766 [16JY]
Social Security: modify calculation of the child support automation penalty and provide for reinvestment of any such penalty (see H.R. 4857), H4326 [27JN]
———protect trust funds by ensuring the Government repays its debts to the trust funds (see H.R. 5252), H7303 [8OC]
———reject proposals to partially or completely substitute private saving accounts for benefits provided through Social Security (see H.R. 4780), H4326 [27JN] (see H.R. 5541), H7738 [9OC]
Somerset County, PA: authorize a national memorial to commemorate the heroism of the passengers and crew of United Airlines flight 93 (see H.R. 3917), H1156 [9AP]
Steinbeck, John: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 336), H1770 [30AP]
Surface Transportation Board: improve passenger rail and other fixed guideway transportation by allowing improved access to freight track and rights-of-way in return for reasonable compensation to freight railroads (see H.R. 2654), H3453 [11JN]
Taxation: allow corporate tax benefits from stock option compensation expenses only to the extent that such expenses are included in a corporation's financial statements (see H.R. 4075), H2608 [16MY]
———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), H6060 [4SE]
———allow use of principal repayments to issue additional mortgages and modify price limitations under the mortgage revenue bond program and change income limit for housing credit program (see H.R. 951), H2100 [2MY]
———expand renewable resources production tax credit to include additional forms of renewable energy and expand investment tax credit to include equipment used to produce electricity from renewable resources (see H.R. 4668), H5791 [25JY]
———prevent corporations from avoiding the U.S. income tax by reincorporating in a foreign country (see H.R. 3884), H737 [6MR]
———prevent corporations from exploiting tax treaties to evade U.S. income tax (see H.R. 4993), H3824 [21JN]
———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see H.R. 840), H3825 [21JN]
———treatment of executive perks and retirement benefits relative to stock options, undisclosed benefits, and deferred compensation (see H.R. 5432), H6558 [24SE]
Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act: extend and expand (see H.R. 5089), H4497 [10JY]
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]
———require warning labels on tobacco products (see H.R. 3907), H780 [7MR]
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 Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see H.R. 3694), H367 [13FE]
Treaties and agreements: continue applicability of the requirements of the Antiballistic Missile Treaty to the U.S. (see H.R. 4920), H3928 [25JN]
U.N.: restore a voluntary U.S. contribution to the U.N. Population Fund (see H.R. 3916), H1284 [11AP]
U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution: reauthorize (see H.R. 4670), H3292 [6JN]
Unemployment: modernize benefit system (see H.R. 4373), H1336 [16AP]
———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (see H.R. 5491), H6776 [26SE]
Veterans: increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 5403), H6373 [18SE]
Violence Against Women Act: expand legal assistance to victims of dating violence (see H.R. 3193), H201 [6FE]
Water: 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), H8733 [13NO]
———establish national ballast water management program to prevent introduction of invasive species and improve prevention and treatment research and technology (see H.R. 5396), H6927 [1OC]
Water Resources Development Act: limit the non-Federal share of the cost of shore protection projects (see H.R. 3749), H2735 [21MY]
Women: 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), H36 [23JA]
———support participation of women throughout the world in a week of workshops, forums, and other events to speak up for world peace (see H. Con. Res. 290), H2472 [14MY]
Wood: prohibit use of arsenic-treated wood in playground equipment, children's products, fences, walkways, decks, and other residential purposes (see H.R. 4707), H2355 [9MY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Corporations: prohibit from making loans to their officers, directors, and principal shareholders (see H.R. 5048), H4325 [27JN]
Dept. of the Interior: study the suitability and feasibility of designating the Port Chicago Naval Magazine Memorial as a unit of the National Park System (see H.R. 3941), H832 [12MR]
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]
ERISA: provide for improved disclosure, diversification, account access, and accountability under individual account plans (see H.R. 3657), H104 [29JA]
———provide for timely notification of plan participants and beneficiaries whose individual accounts hold employer securities of insider trading in employer securities (see H.R. 3840), H686 [5MR]
Headwaters National Forest: designate the John L. Burton Trail (see H.R. 3765), H523 [14FE]
John Muir National Historic Site: boundary adjustment (see H.R. 3942), H832 [12MR]
Mink, Patsy T.: honorary renaming of Title IX prohibiting gender discrimination in educational and athletic programs (see H.J. Res. 113), H6983 [2OC]
Wildlife: prohibit interstate and foreign commerce of certain wild animals for use as pets (see H.R. 5226), H5790 [25JY]
Letters
Ecuadoran violations of workers' rights in banana industry: by, E2111
Motions
Pensions: provide additional protection to participants in individual account plans, promote investment advice, and prohibit certain insider trades of securities (H.R. 3762), H1264 [11AP]
Remarks
Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), H1511, H1512 [23AP]
Appropriations: legislative process, H6996, H6997 [3OC]
———making continuing (H.J. Res. 111), H6764 [26SE]
———making continuing (H.J. Res. 112), H6996, H6997 [3OC]
———making continuing (H.J. Res. 122), H7829, H7833 [10OC]
———making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), H2953 [23MY]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7231 [8OC], H7749 [10OC]
Athletes United for Peace (nonprofit organization): tribute, E1016
Bureau of the Census: anniversary (H. Con. Res. 339), H815 [12MR]
Bush, President: response to media reports alleging prior knowledge of intelligence relative to terrorist attacks, H2514 [16MY]
Business and industry: enhance penalties for accounting and auditing improprieties at publicly traded companies (H.R. 5118), H4691 [16JY]
———protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures pursuant to securities laws (H.R. 3763), conference report, H5475
California: prohibit new offshore oil and gas drilling, H4832 [17JY]
Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act: make improvements and reauthorize programs (H.R. 5601), E1923
Children and youth: prevent child abuse, neglect, and abandonment and family violence (H.R. 3839), H1509, H1511, H1512 [23AP]
———promote personal safety programs for children (H. Con. Res. 484), H6835, H6836 [1OC]
———recognize the benefits of mentoring (H. Res. 330), H14
———reform child welfare systems, E1937
———reform foster care systems, E1304
Children's Network (organization): anniversary, E1784
Commission on Native American Policy: establish, H4801 [17JY]
Concord, CA: anniversary of explosion at Port Chicago Naval Magazine, E1299
Corporations: economic impact of mismanagement, deception, and violations of public trust, H4360, H4402 [9JY]
———prohibit from making loans to their officers, directors, and principal shareholders (H.R. 5048), E1484
Dept. of Justice: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2215), conference report, H6746 [26SE]
Dept. of Labor: reissuance of a rule relative to ergonomics, E594
Dept. of the Interior: ensure full historical accounting of Native American trust funds, H4791, H4792, H4794 [17JY]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5093), H4791, H4792, H4794, H4801, H4832, H4836, H4850, H4851 [17JY]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5120), H5334 [24JY]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: allow tax relief to continue as scheduled (H. Con. Res. 312), H159 [6FE], E113
———make pension and individual retirement arrangement provisions permanent (H.R. 4931), consideration (H. Res. 451), H3786 [21JN]
Economy: impact of tax cuts, H40 [24JA]
Ecuador: violations of workers' rights in banana industry, E2111
Education: funding, H6764 [26SE], H6996 [3OC]
———improve Federal research, statistics, evaluation, information, and dissemination (H.R. 3801), H1742
———improve Federal research, statistics, evaluation, information, and dissemination (H.R. 5598), E1892
———increase amount of student loan forgiveness available to qualified teachers, with an emphasis on special education teachers (H.R. 5091), H6819 [1OC]
Enron Corp.: economic collapse, H19 [23JA], H40 [24JA], H1241, H1255, H1265 [11AP], H3613 [18JN]
ERISA: provide for improved disclosure, diversification, account access, and accountability under individual account plans (H.R. 3657), H86 [29JA], E59
———provide for timely notification of plan participants and beneficiaries whose individual accounts hold employer securities of insider trading in employer securities (H.R. 3840), E255
———treatment of certain funded deferred compensation plans, H1265 [11AP]
Federal contractors: require adherence to Federal safety and environmental laws, E890
Fighting Back Partnership of Vallejo, CA: Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America Outstanding Coalition Award recipient, E110
Forest Service: allow regional foresters to exempt clearing and thinning projects from citizen lawsuits if foresters certify that a wildfire in the area of the project is likely to cause extreme damage to the ecosystem, H4850 [17JY]
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]
———incorporate results from the Fed Up Initiative which identifies outdated or burdensome regulations (H.R. 4866), H4702, H4703, H4706 [16JY]
History: tribute to Braceros foreign guest laborers who worked in the U.S. from 1942-1964 (H. Res. 522), H6829 [1OC]
Huerta, Dolores: tribute for commitment to the improvement of working conditions for children, women, and farm worker families (H. Con. Res. 177), H6829 [1OC]
Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4628), H5435, H5436 [24JY]
IRS: enforce pension age discrimination laws relative to conversion of defined benefit plans to cash balance plans, H5334 [24JY]
Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (H. Res. 392), consideration (H. Res. 404), H2064 [2MY]
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act: juvenile delinquency prevention and accountability programs funding, H6746 [26SE]
Kenya: anniversary of Nyumbani Orphanage, E1483
Klamath Basin: prohibit the renewal of certain agricultural leases permitting the growing of alfafa or row crops, H4836 [17JY]
Kmart Corp.: bankruptcy, H19 [23JA]
Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, H2134 [7MY]
———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), H3780 [21JN]
Mink, Patsy T.: tribute (H. Res. 566), H6888 [1OC]
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: establish, H5435, H5436 [24JY]
———establish (H.R. 4777), H2926 [22MY]
National Importance of Health Care Coverage Month: designate (H. Con. Res. 271), H2134 [7MY]
National Park Service: funding, H4851 [17JY]
———Urban Park and Recreation Program funding, H4851 [17JY]
Native Americans: protection of sacred sites on Federal lands, H1414 [18AP]
Pensions: provide additional protection to participants in individual account plans, promote investment advice, and prohibit certain insider trades of securities (H.R. 3762), H1241, H1255, H1261 [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), H6672 [25SE]
———provide additional protection to participants in individual account plans, promote investment advice, and prohibit certain insider trades of securities (H.R. 3762), consideration (H. Res. 386), H1207 [11AP]
———provide additional protection to participants in individual account plans, promote investment advice, and prohibit certain insider trades of securities (H.R. 3762), motion to recommit, H1265 [11AP]
———provide vested employees control over retirement investment assets, H19 [23JA]
Point of order, H4850 [17JY]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), H351
Public debt: ceiling, H2953 [23MY]
Public welfare programs: eligibility of certain legal immigrants for food stamps, H1511, H1512 [23AP]
———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), H2539, H2547 [16MY], E912
Richmond, CA: anniversary of Salesian High School, E675
Sanderson, Cael: tribute (H. Res. 399), H6833 [1OC]
Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H2668 [21MY]
Taxation: prevent corporations from avoiding the U.S. income tax by reincorporating in a foreign country (H.R. 3884), H691 [6MR], E865
———provide incentives for economic recovery, H474 [14FE]
———rates, E113
———treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), consideration of Senate amendments with an amendment (H. Res. 347), H474 [14FE]
U.N.: release of study on disarmament and non-proliferation education, E2141
Unemployment: extend period of availability of unemployment assistance in the case of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H.R. 3986), H963 [19MR]
———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program, H237 [12FE], H474 [14FE], E113
Vietnam: make normal trade relations status contingent upon free emigration policies (H.J. Res. 101), H5101 [23JY]
Walnut Creek, CA: anniversary of Mount Diablo Audubon Society, E1789
Wellstone, Paul D.: tribute (H. Res. 598), H8092
Wildlife: prohibit interstate and foreign commerce of certain wild animals for use as pets (H.R. 5226), E1390
Workers Memorial Day: observance, E719
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H6226 [11SE], H6301 [17SE]
Special order: granted, H28 [23JA], H76 [24JA], H139 [5FE], H281 [12FE], H521 [14FE], H557 [26FE], H632 [27FE], H648 [28FE], H3597 [17JN], H3666 [18JN], H3719 [19JN], H3771 [20JN], H3822 [21JN], H4422 [9JY], H4601 [15JY], H4762 [16JY], H4870 [17JY], H4929 [18JY], H5084 [22JY], H5315 [23JY], H6301 [17SE], H6371 [18SE], H6416 [19SE]
Reports
Promotion of Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Education and Training—Practical Recommendations: U.N., E2142
Summaries
Employee Pension Freedom Act (H.R. 3657), E59
Tributes
Arterberry, Stan R., E1094
Briggs, Marilyn, E1985
Carroll, William, E1850
Fleming, David A., E1849
Hancock, Nolan, E1433
Lamoree, Charles O., E1027
Muick, Pam, E1316
Russo, Marty, E839
Skeen, Representative, H4851 [17JY]