PETERSON, PETE (a Representative from Florida)

Amendments offered by, to

Labor unions: prevent discrimination based on participation in disputes (H.R. 5), H5565 [17JY]

Appointments

Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (Select), H1088 [21FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: amend (see H.R. 2538, H3855 [4JN])

T. Thomas Fortune Post Office Building, Marianna, FL: designate (see H.R. 3100, H6137 [30JY])

Veterans: suspend certain bars to benefits for former spouses and the recognition of certain married children (see H.R. 3765, H9758 [13NO])

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Advisory Council on Allied Health: establish (see H.R. 1466, H10842 [21NO])

Africa: protection of human rights and economic development in the Horn of Africa (see H.R. 1454, H3150 [15MY])

Agriculture: credit assistance to qualified beginning farmers and ranchers (see H.R. 2401, H5211 [26JN])

———prevention of crimes against farmers, researchers, and other livestock-related professions (see H.R. 2407, H6457 [11SE])

———protection for veal calves (see H.R. 252, H8101 [17OC])

Air Force Association: establish a memorial in the District of Columbia area (see H.R. 3627, H10269 [14NO])

Armed Forces: appointment of chiropractors as commissioned officers (see H.R. 608, H6317 [1AU])

———development of defense manufacturing and critical technologies (see H.R. 3427, H8662 [29OC])

———establish a commemorative medal for members serving in a combat zone during the Persian Gulf conflict (see H.R. 1107, H1475 [7MR])

———payment of health care expenses for certain members relative to entitlement to medicare benefits (see H.R. 467, H3280 [20MY])

———period of eligibility for admission to military service academies for certain members (see H.R. 2584, H4945 [24JN])

———veterans' preference eligibility relative to Federal employment for members serving during the Persian Gulf Conflict (see H.R. 3764, H10366 [18NO])

Bankruptcy: priority for the payment of claims for retiree health benefits in liquidation cases (see H.R. 3619, H9494 [6NO])

Bicentennial of the District of Columbia Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 356, H11893 [26NO])

Birds: conservation of exotic wild species (see H.R. 2540, H3855 [4JN]; H.R. 2541, H3855 [4JN]

Boats: fees for recreational vessels (see H.R. 534, H3036 [14MY])

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 290, H5298 [9JY])

CHAMPUS: eligibility of certain members of the Armed Forces relative to medicare coverage of hospital insurance (see H.R. 1124, H3371 [21MY])

Cheney, Sec. of Defense: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2672, H7381 [3OC])

Children and youth: expand social services available in the health, welfare, and juvenile justice systems (see H.R. 3063, H11891 [26NO])

———infant mortality relative to the availability of health care services to pregnant women (see H.R. 3089, H6137 [30JY])

China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (see H.R. 2212, H4284 [11JN])

Civil Rights Act: restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (see H.R. 1, H1474 [7MR])

Coins: mint in commemoration of James Madison (see H.R. 2673, H4611 [18JN])

———mint in commemoration of the Bill of Rights (see H.R. 2673, H4611 [18JN])

Colleges and universities: sexual assaults on campuses (see H.R. 2363, H8919 [31OC])

Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act: waive application to certain farm vehicles (see H.R. 1516, H5050 [25JN])

Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (Select): establish (see H. Res. 12, H697 [24JA])

Committee on the Organization of Congress (Joint): establish (see H. Con. Res. 192, H8121 [21OC])

Commodore John Barry Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 166, H6194 [31JY])

Continental shelf: restrict activities off Florida coast (see H.R. 1667, H2107 [9AP])

Country Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 305, H6540 [12SE])

Courts: time limitations on Presidential nomination and Senate confirmation of Federal judges (see H.R. 2371, H4099 [6JN])

Crime Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 303, H6195 [31JY])

Democracy Day: designate election day as a legal public holiday (see H.R. 3681, H10269 [14NO])

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: designate a Chief Minority Affairs Officer (see H.R. 819, H6385 [2AU])

———designate Hugh Davis Memorial Wing at the medical center in Salem, VA (see H.R. 175, H5910 [25JY])

———prices of drugs procured (see H.R. 2890, H8102 [17OC])

Developing countries: integration of women into national growth process (see H.R. 1360, H3855 [4JN])

Disabled: extend the independent living services program for older blind individuals (see H.R. 2437, H5915 [26JY])

Disasters: time period for Sec. of Agriculture determination of natural disaster (see H.R. 3408, H8662 [29OC])

Diseases: public education on prostate cancer (see H.R. 1310, H3710 [29MY])

———research associated with exposure to dioxin and other chemicals in herbicides (see H.R. 556, H556 [17JA])

District of Columbia: convey certain parcels of land to the Columbia Hospital for Women (see H.R. 2570, H8662 [29OC])

Ecology and environment: include melaleuca quinquenervia as a noxious weed (see H.R. 3753, H9700 [12NO])

Education: authorize grant to the national writing project (see H.R. 667, H712 [28JA])

———establish loan program with repayment guidelines based on income level and borrowing history (see H.R. 2336, H4945 [24JN])

———financial assistance to rural agencies (see H.R. 2819, H8189 [22OC])

———grant program for support services to at-risk youth (see H.R. 812, H5818 [24JY])

———improve counseling services for elementary school students (see H.R. 840, H3280 [20MY])

———student loans of resident physicians (see H.R. 1482, H5211 [26JN])

Education Day, U.S.A.: designate (see H.J. Res. 104, H1282 [27FE])

Edwards, Ralph: relief (see H.R. 1918, H10269 [14NO])

El Salvador: withhold military assistance (see H.R. 1346, H4612 [18JN])

Elections: constitutional amendment relative to contributions and expenditures of congressional, Presidential, State, and local (see H.J. Res. 224, H11115 [23NO])

———participation in debates by any candidate receiving public campaign financing (see H.R. 1112, H4098 [6JN])

Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 109, H2181 [11AP])

Employment: electronic monitoring in the workplace (see H.R. 1218, H7199 [1OC])

———entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (see H.R. 2, H697 [24JA])

———paid leave for attendance of parent-teacher conferences (see H. Con. Res. 215, H8102 [17OC])

Executive departments: congressional question period for members of the President's cabinet (see H. Res. 155, H10545 [19NO])

Eximbank: financing of defense articles export (see H.R. 1635, H2262 [16AP])

FAA: publish flight charts for visual flight routes (see H.R. 3243, H6382 [2AU])

Families and domestic relations: grant programs for pregnant women and adoption of children (see H.R. 1753, H3371 [21MY])

Federal Aviation Act: amend relative to bankruptcy transportation plans (see H.R. 66, H2811 [7MY])

Federal employees: credit for service of air traffic second-level supervisors relative to retirement (see H.R. 815, H2262 [16AP])

———pay status of individuals ordered to military service during the Persian Gulf Conflict (see H.R. 3209, H9144 [4NO])

———voluntary participation in the political process (see H.R. 20, H3163 [17MY])

Fish: relief for shrimp fishermen required to use turtle excluder devices (see H.R. 1478, H3625 [23MY])

Flag—U.S.: display by U.S. citizens in support of Armed Forces in the Persian Gulf (see H. Con. Res. 44, H892 [5FE])

Foreign policy: recommittal to U.S. support of universal human rights and democracy (see H. Res. 284, H10365 [18NO])

Fort Lauderdale, FL: tunnel construction to replace 17th Street Causeway Bridge (see H.R. 2183, H2685 [1MY])

GATT: civil air transport services (see H. Con. Res. 111, H2770 [2MY])

Geography Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 201, H9044 [1NO])

Geological Survey: enhance geologic mapping (see H.R. 2763, H8662 [29OC])

GSA: availability of nonlethal surplus property for humanitarian relief purposes (see H.R. 919, H6194 [31JY])

Guaranteed Student Loan Program: reduced interest rates for individuals entering the teaching profession (see H.R. 709, H7801 [10OC])

Gulf of Mexico: protection of environment (see H.R. 3777, H10268 [14NO])

Health: assess paperwork burden imposed on providers and beneficiaries of health care services (see H.R. 2625, H9614 [8NO])

———establish medical research alliance between Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs (see H.R. 111, H1162 [26FE])

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 3904, H11114 [23NO])

———reauthorize and expand area health education centers (see H.R. 3312, H7801 [10OC])

———sharing of medical care resources between the Dept. of Veterans Affairs and other Federal medical care providers (see H.R. 2824, H6387 [2AU])

Health care professionals: training of medical rehabilitation health personnel (see H.R. 1466, H10842 [21NO])

Higher Education Act: amend (see H.R. 3553, H9043 [1NO])

Hire a Veteran Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 280, H8496 [24OC])

Hunger: alleviate conditions (see H.R. 2258, H2962 [13MY])

Immigration: health and military service requirements for the admission and naturalization of certain veterans (see H.R. 2309, H7314 [2OC])

Insurance: life insurance contracts of terminally ill individuals (see H.R. 134, H1474 [7MR])

Iraq: release portion of frozen assets for UNICEF medical and humanitarian assistance to Iraqi citizens (see H. Con. Res. 168, H5050 [25JN])

Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 260, H7551 [7OC])

Job Training Partnership Act: amend Job Corps provisions (see H.R. 1364, H2470 [23AP])

Korean War Veterans Remembrance Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 255, H4438 [12JN])

Kuwait: involvement of U.S. small businesses in rebuilding (see H. Con. Res. 95, H2539 [24AP])

Labor: prevent discrimination based on participation in disputes (see H.R. 5, H697 [24JA])

Marine mammals: protection of manatees by the Coast Guard (see H.R. 2041, H2535 [24AP])

Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act: authorize seizure of vessels in violation (see H.R. 1239, H7648 [8OC])

Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial Fine Arts Center: authorizing appropriations for construction and maintenance (see H.R. 2290, H5211 [26JN])

Medicaid: coverage of screening mammography (see H.R. 1311, H3710 [29MY])

———prohibit discrimination in the provision of home and community services (see H.R. 2075, H7381 [3OC])

Medicare: additional payment for the operating costs of hospitals with a high proportion of medicare patients (see H.R. 827, H2180 [11AP])

———coverage for colerectal screening examinations and certain immunizations (see H.R. 2565, H8577 [28OC])

———coverage of general population (see H.R. 1777, H5596 [17JY])

———coverage of respiratory therapy as part of extended care services in a skilled nursing facility (see H.R. 1120, H5341 [10JY])

———coverage of screening mammography (see H.R. 1312, H3710 [29MY])

———establish Comprehensive Preventive Health Program (see H.R. 1746, H5267 [27JN])

———home care and extended care services coverages (see H.R. 1200, H4016 [5JN])

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment on compensation (see H. Con. Res. 194, H6317 [1AU])

———repeal and prohibit all exemptions, privileges, and gratuities (see H.R. 3555, H9043 [1NO])

Mental health: State services for children (see H.R. 1197, H3739 [30MY])

Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 156, H1759 [13MR])

Merchant marine: fair implementation of cargo preference laws (see H.R. 44, H7199 [1OC])

———provide that certain service during World War II constitutes active military service (see H.R. 44, H7199 [1OC])

Military Order of the World Wars: grant charter (see H.R. 3071, H8121 [21OC])

Motor vehicles: national safety belt and motorcycle helmet use requirements (see H.R. 1782, H5267 [27JN])

National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 272, H10932 [22NO])

National American Indian Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 182, H3038 [14MY])

National Arbor Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 66, H2188 [15AP])

National Campus Crime and Security Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 142, H5651 [18JY])

National Education First Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 197, H2181 [11AP])

National Forest System Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 226, H5212 [26JN])

National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 87, H1081 [20FE])

National Foster Care Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 154, H2109 [9AP])

National Hospice Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 153, H6690 [19SE])

National Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 252, H4613 [18JN])

National Law Enforcement Memorial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 123, H7200 [1OC])

National Mushroom Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 297, H5432 [11JY])

National Pornography Victims Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 349, H9044 [1NO])

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 233, H3495 [22MY])

National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 284, H7314 [2OC])

National Radon Action Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 67, H5300 [9JY])

National Red Ribbon Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 312, H9494 [6NO])

National Red Ribbon Week for a Drug-Free America: designate (see H.J. Res. 340, H8102 [17OC])

National Rehabilitation Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 95, H3856 [4JN])

National Tourism Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 103, H2470 [23AP])

National Walk For Health and Fitness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 170, H2087 [22MR])

National Women in Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 293, H7801 [10OC])

National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 242, H8663 [29OC])

NSF: establish technical education and training programs (see H.R. 2936, H7725 [9OC])

Nuclear energy: standardize plant designs and improve the licensing and regulatory process (see H.R. 1184, H4612 [18JN])

Nuclear weapons: moratorium on testing (see H.R. 3636, H10544 [19NO])

Old Age Survivors and Disability Income: exclude expenses from the Federal budget (see H.R. 978, H5910 [25JY])

Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act: amend (see H.R. 1745, H6879 [25SE])

———cancellation of leases (see H.R. 1712, H2135 [10AP])

Pharmaceuticals: approval of drugs for individuals suffering from life-threatening of debilitating illness (see H.R. 2872, H8662 [29OC])

Population: funding for international control assistance (see H.R. 1110, H2136 [10AP])

Power resources: increase U.S. energy security in environmentally desirable and economically affordable ways (see H.R. 560, H6879 [25SE])

POW/MIA: disclosure of information concerning U.S. personnel classified after 1940 (see H.R. 1147, H5596 [17JY])

Public Health Service: regulation of mammography services and radiological equipment (see H.R. 3462, H9043 [1NO])

———response to shortage of health care providers as a result of the Persian Gulf conflict (see H.J. Res. 128, H1163 [26FE])

Public Health Service Act: family planning counseling (see H.R. 392, H4215 [10JN])

Real property: tax treatment under the limitations on losses from passive activities (see H.R. 1414, H6720 [23SE])

Recycling: State opportunities for citizens' participation (see H.R. 945, H3280 [20MY])

Retired Enlisted Association, Inc.: grant charter (see H.R. 1509, H7380 [3OC])

Roads and highways: funding for construction and safety programs (see H.R. 2566, H4097 [6JN])

Rural areas: grants for improving the availability and quality of health care services (see H.R. 3504, H8920 [31OC])

Schwarzkopf, H. Norman, Jr.: award a Congressional Gold Medal and produce bronze duplicates for public sale (see H.R. 1296, H1671 [12MR])

Senior citizens: allow employment as child care providers relative to a Social Security earnings test exemption (see H.R. 1822, H2260 [16AP])

Ships and vessels: subsidy information and trade remedies against certain foreign-built ships (see H.R. 2056, H3806 [3JN])

Social Security: assistance to States to support informal caregivers of individuals with functional limitations (see H.R. 2106, H4613 [18JN])

———benefit formula computation rules (see H.R. 917, H6317 [1AU])

———earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 967, H3624 [23MY])

———expand tax exemption for certain election officials and workers (see H.R. 1771, H4550 [13JN])

———medical assistance for medicare cost-sharing (see H.R. 3251, H7726 [9OC])

———payment for physicians' services (see H.R. 3070, H6879 [25SE])

St. Johns River: give priority pollution control consideration under the National Estuary Program (see H.R. 64, H1456 [6MR])

States: prohibit imposition of income tax on pensions of nonresident individuals (see H.R. 431, H1670 [12MR])

———regulation of surface transportation rates by certain motor and air carriers (see H.R. 3221, H9043 [1NO])

Stetson University: library facilities construction grant (see H.R. 1083, H1136 [21FE])

Student loans: deferral during professional internships (see H.R. 179, H1162 [26FE])

———eligibility relative to default rates of institutions (see H.R. 327, H3855 [4JN])

———loan forgiveness for teachers who teach in low-income areas (see H.R. 3334, H8335 [23OC])

Taxation: clarify that customer based, market share, and any similar intangible items are amortizable (see H.R. 1456, H3624 [23MY])

———credits for increasing research activities (see H.R. 1618, H8787 [30OC])

———deductions for adoption expenses (see H.R. 1515, H10842 [21NO])

———earned income tax credit for families with young children (see H.R. 2633, H6540 [12SE])

———exclusion for employee educational assistance (see H.R. 127, H2180 [11AP])

———health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 784, H6456 [11SE])

———increase amount of the exemption for children under age 18 (see H.R. 1277, H6539 [12SE])

———low-income housing credit (see H.R. 413, H5211 [26JN])

———refundable credits for qualified cancer screening tests (see H.R. 3464, H9581 [7NO])

———repeal excise tax on luxury items (see H.R. 2598, H6798 [24SE])

———repeal the luxury tax on boats (see H.R. 951, H3280 [20MY])

———small issue bonds (see H.R. 710, H5049 [25JN])

———targeted jobs credit (see H.R. 565, H8496 [24OC])

———treatment of certain credits under the passive activity limitations (see H.R. 1566, H3856 [4JN])

———treatment of small builders' income from the sale of certain residential real property (see H.R. 1864, H4284 [11JN])

———treatment of spaceports relative to tax exempt facility bond rules (see H.R. 1358, H6385 [2AU])

———treatment of student loans of students agreeing to perform services in certain professions (see H.R. 1856, H5514 [16JY])

Telecommunications: research, design, and manufacturing of equipment (see H.R. 1527, H5341 [10JY])

Trails: use of tax revenues collected on recreational fuels to maintain recreational trails (see H.R. 1155, H5979 [29JY])

Trucking: regulation of commercial motor vehicle weights and combination lengths (see H.R. 2515, H4438 [12JN])

Up With People Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 345, H7815 [11OC])

Veterans: availability of benefits to individuals incarcerated in Federal correctional institutions (see H.R. 1181, H2180 [11AP])

———award Purple Heart to former prisoners of war of World War I, World War II, and the Korean War for injuries received during captivity (see H.R. 2248, H11891 [26NO])

———benefit eligibility for incompetent veterans relative to dependent status (see H.R. 1473, H8787 [30OC])

———bill of rights (see H.R. 3311, H9043 [1NO])

———burial plot allowances (see H.R. 103, H4186 [7JN])

———copayment requirements for certain medications (see H.R. 3736, H11892 [26NO])

———disability compensation for service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 3, H53 [3JA])

———eligibility to members of the Selected Reserve for the Veterans Home Loan Program (see H.R. 939, H5910 [25JY])

———enhance the dignity and personal freedom of patients in medical centers and nursing homes (see H.R. 3198, H8787 [30OC])

———expand services for post-traumatic stress disorder patients (see H.R. 841, H987 [6FE])

———furnish outpatient medical services for any POW disabilities (see H.R. 1598, H6539 [12SE])

———grave marker allowance (see H.R. 1992, H8662 [29OC])

———health care programs (see H.R. 2280, H3856 [4JN])

———hospice care for terminally ill individuals (see H.R. 2199, H3371 [21MY])

———hospice care pilot program (see H.R. 3222, H6457 [11SE])

———improvements in compensation and pension programs (see H.R. 1047, H2136 [10AP])

———permit acceptance of military retirement pay concurrently with disability compensation (see H.R. 3164, H8919 [31OC])

———service pension for World War I veterans (see H.R. 1918, H10269 [14NO])

World AIDS Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 376, H10843 [21NO])

World Population Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 261, H6458 [11SE])

World Summit for Children: implementation (see H.R. 1633, H3495 [22MY])

World War II: contributions of Federal civilian employees during the attack on Pearl Harbor (see H.J. Res. 368, H11893 [26NO])

———encourage award of the Presidential Unit Citation to the crew of the U.S.S. Nevada (see H. Con. Res. 236, H10545 [19NO])

———establish in the District of Columbia a memorial to veterans (see H.R. 1624, H4187 [7JN])

———issue 50th anniversary commemorative coin (see H.R. 1623, H4186 [7JN])

Year of the American Indian: designate (see H.J. Res. 342, H7380 [3OC])

Year of the Gulf of Mexico: designate (see H.J. Res. 327, H7801 [10OC])

Remarks by, on

Armed Forces: support for troops in the Persian Gulf, H1149 [26FE]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments, H1582 [12MR]

Florida: tribute to National Guard's 710th Service Company, E378 [31JA]

———tribute to the Live Oak/Suwannee High School football team, E1490 [29AP]

Health: infant mortality rate, E2382 [26JN]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H6287 [1AU]

Imports: peanuts, H5398 [11JY]

Iraq: humanitarian assistance for the Kurds, H2191 [16AP]

Koelemij, John J.: National Housing Hall of Fame inductee, E1510 [30AP]

Labor unions: prevent discrimination based on participation in disputes (H.R. 5), H5565, H5577, H5582, H5588 [17JY]

Mental Illness Awareness Week: observance, H7645 [8OC]

Middle East: congressional approval of military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq pending failure of economic sanctions (H. Con. Res. 33), H420 [12JA]

POW: treatment relative to violations of Geneva Convention (H. Con. Res. 48), H665 [23JA]

POW/MIA: disclosure of information on certain U.S. personnel, H6669, H6672 [17SE]

Transportation: establish a national comprehensive surface transportation system (H.R. 2950), H8249 [23OC]

Votes: position on missed, E2075 [6JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H4014 [5JN]

Special order: granted, H7646 [8OC]

Tribute, H2099 [9AP]

Testimonies

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Role of Offshore Oil and Gas in the Administration's National Energy Strategy, D396 [11AP]

Committee on Rules: Prevent Discrimination Based on Participation in Labor Disputes (H.R. 5), D909 [16JY]

Tributes

Cliett, Cheryl, E3863 [15NO]

Collins, LeRoy, E1164 [9AP]

Phillis, Stephen, H2502 [24AP]

Smith, Walter L., E2469 [10JY]