PETRI, THOMAS E. (a Representative from Wisconsin)

Addresses

Credit Unions and Banking Reform: by, E812 [7MR], E902 [12MR]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 2100, authorizing appropriations for Dept. of Defense military functions and to prescribe military personnel levels, H6586 [16SE]

———H.R. 2508, International Cooperation Act, H6646 [17SE]

———H.R. 2950, Surface Transportation Efficiency Act, H9470 [6NO]

———H.R. 3371, national policy to control crime and reform court procedures, H10748 [21NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Education: establish loan program with repayment guidelines based on income level and borrowing history (see H.R. 2336, H3036 [14MY])

Employment: exempt certain individuals from child labor laws (see H.R. 3144, H6193 [31JY])

ERISA: multiple employer welfare arrangements providing health plan benefits (see H.R. 2773, H5209 [26JN])

Fair Labor Standards Act: exempt certain individuals involved in model garment programs (see H.R. 623, H684 [23JA])

Motor vehicles: safety requirements for vehicles used to remove snow or ice from roadways (see H.R. 2833, H5299 [9JY])

Recreation areas: taxation of fuels relative to maintenance and improvement of trails (see H.R. 3585, H8101 [17OC])

Taxation: earned income tax credit for taxpayers with young children (see H.R. 4021, H11888 [26NO])

Trails: use of tax revenues collected on recreational fuels to maintain recreational trails (see H.R. 1155, H1279 [27FE])

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Agriculture: prevention of crimes against farmers, researchers, and other livestock-related professions (see H.R. 2407, H3279 [20MY])

———price supports for milk (see H.R. 1075, H1774 [14MR]), H1787 [18MR]

Appropriations: constitutional amendment on line-item veto (see H.J. Res. 5, H684 [23JA])

———rescind certain unauthorized funds (see H.R. 2643, H5515 [16JY])

Armed Forces: duty assignments for married and single parents (see H.R. 1081, H1136 [21FE])

———mortgage revenue bond financing for members serving in Persian Gulf (see H.R. 1163, H1671 [12MR]; H.R. 1164, H1671 [12MR]

Boats: fees for recreational vessels (see H.R. 534, H825 [30JA])

Boys & Girls Clubs of America: grant charter (see H.R. 525, H1281 [27FE])

Budget: consideration by Congress of Presidential proposals to rescind amounts of authority (see H.R. 2164, H2684 [1MY])

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 248, H2901 [8MY]; H.J. Res. 290, H5298 [9JY])

———Presidential power to reduce authority (see H.R. 78, H891 [5FE])

———reduction of overhead expenditures (see H. Con. Res. 96, H1474 [7MR])

———reform process (see H.R. 298, H1417 [5MR])

Centennial of Concrete Paving in America Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 324, H7649 [8OC])

Cheney, Dick: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2672, H5342 [10JY])

Coins: mint and circulate $1 coin (see H.R. 1245, H1671 [12MR])

Colleges and universities: admission of minority students (see H. Con. Res. 102, H2110 [9AP])

Committee on Intelligence (Select): reduction in size (see H. Res. 125, H4016 [5JN])

Committee on the Organization of Congress (Joint): establish (see H. Con. Res. 192, H10269 [14NO])

Congress: accuracy of congressional revenue estimates (see H.R. 3212, H8102 [17OC])

———application of laws which affect private sector and Federal Government (see H. Con. Res. 225, H9044 [1NO])

———defer pay adjustments (see H.R. 700, H1138 [21FE])

———require three-fifths majority vote in both houses to increase taxes (see H.R. 3146, H9701 [12NO])

Copyrights: protection of industrial designs (see H.R. 1790, H2259 [16AP])

Courts: standards for product liability actions (see H.R. 3030, H5908 [25JY])

———termination of office of independent counsel (see H.R. 444, H5514 [16JY])

Credit: clarify certain consumer protections relative to credit reporting (see H.R. 670, H1774 [14MR]), H1787 [18MR]

Crime: penalties for credit and debit card fraud (see H.R. 2924, H6457 [11SE])

———provide restitution to victims (see H.R. 1809, H2812 [7MY])

———State registration of individuals convicted of offenses against minors (see H.R. 2862, H6457 [11SE])

———witness fees relative to incarcerated individuals (see H.R. 1648, H2570 [29AP])

Dept. of the Environment: establish (see H.R. 3121, H6192 [31JY])

Developing countries: promote development of microenterprises (see H.R. 1608, H5514 [16JY])

Earth Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 144, H2087 [22MR])

Education: improve (see H.R. 2460, H3623 [23MY])

Education Day, U.S.A.: designate (see H.J. Res. 104, H1418 [5MR])

Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 419, H556 [17JA])

Employment: electronic monitoring in the workplace (see H.R. 1218, H6539 [12SE])

———entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (see H.R. 1270, H9758 [13NO])

ERISA: protect single-employer plan termination insurance program (see H.R. 3843, H10841 [21NO])

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

Fair Credit Reporting Act: disclosure by consumer reporting agency of adverse information (see H.R. 1751, H6456 [11SE])

Fair Labor Standards Act: clarify application (see H.R. 1237, H2180 [11AP])

FCC: prevent the loss of existing spectrum to the amateur radio service (see H.R. 73, H8101 [17OC])

FDIC: determine deposit insurance premium payments relative to foreign deposits and certain nondeposit liabilities (see H.R. 2207, H2767 [2MY])

Federal Deposit Insurance Act: require States receiving large share of thrift resolution costs to pay thrift deposit insurance premium (see H.R. 1171, H1849 [19MR])

Federal employees: limit growth in the size of civilian work force (see H.R. 2595, H4186 [7JN])

———limit increase within each branch of the Government (see H.R. 1897, H2953 [9MY])

Financial institutions: Federal assistance to building and loan associations (see H.R. 1326, H10365 [18NO])

———limit liability on holdings in violation of certain environmental laws (see H.R. 1450, H4438 [12JN])

Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act: extend the phase-in period under title XI (see H.R. 2115, H2903 [8MY])

Flag—U.S.: display by U.S. citizens in support of Armed Forces in the Persian Gulf (see H. Con. Res. 44, H713 [28JA])

Gambling: prohibit sports gambling under State law (see H.R. 74, H6456 [11SE])

German-American Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 180, H2110 [9AP])

Government: elimination of waste (see H.R. 3816, H10843 [21NO])

Government regulation: procedures for assessment of impact on seizure of private property (see H.R. 1572, H2014 [21MR])

GSA: availability of nonlethal surplus property for humanitarian relief purposes (see H.R. 919, H5650 [18JY])

Guam, Commonwealth of: establish (see H.R. 98, H2953 [9MY])

Hazardous substances: study the prevalence and issues related to contamination of workers' homes with chemicals and substances transported from the workplace (see H.R. 845, H2086 [22MR])

House of Representatives: expense payments of former Speakers (see H.R. 3561, H10269 [14NO])

Housing: elderly families (see H.R. 3425, H7726 [9OC])

Immigration: document fraud (see H.R. 3438, H8102 [17OC])

———enforcement of employer sanctions (see H.R. 3440, H8102 [17OC])

———exclusion of immigrants infected with the HIV virus (see H.R. 2049, H2903 [8MY])

———Federal financial benefits and unemployment benefits for illegal aliens (see H.R. 3441, H8102 [17OC])

Income: treatment of Federal pay relative to garnishment and similar legal fees (see H.R. 643, H697 [24JA])

India: terminate foreign aid pending human rights organization monitoring (see H.R. 953, H1023 [19FE])

International Air Transportation Competition Act: amend (see H.R. 858, H2180 [11AP])

IRS: time extension for certain acts for individuals performing services under Operation Desert Shield (see H.R. 469, H110 [9JA])

Japan: operation and regulation of capital and securities markets (see H.R. 3283, H11892 [26NO])

Labeling: milk (see H.R. 2397, H3806 [3JN])

Language and languages: recognize English as official U.S. language (see H.R. 123, H57 [3JA])

Languages: constitutional amendment to establish English as the official language of the U.S. (see H.J. Res. 81, H713 [28JA])

Members of Congress: require payment for services provided by the Office of the Attending Physician (see H.R. 3725, H10269 [14NO])

Middle East: success of multinational military action against Iraq (see H. Res. 95, H1326 [28FE])

Motor vehicles: bumper standards (see H.R. 1967, H2398 [22AP])

National Campus Crime and Security Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 142, H5818 [24JY])

National Crime Victims' Rights Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 171, H2376 [17AP])

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 241, H6458 [11SE])

National Down's Syndrome Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 228, H7551 [7OC])

National forests: protect persons involved in a lawful hunt (see H.R. 371, H697 [24JA])

National Guard: civilian employees may not be required to wear military uniforms while performing civilian service (see H.R. 609, H6798 [24SE])

———make civilian technicians part of the competitive service (see H.R. 723, H6602 [16SE])

———protections for technicians relative to reductions in pay and furloughs (see H.R. 722, H6602 [16SE])

———retention rights of certain civilian technicians involuntarily separated from membership (see H.R. 1188, H6720 [23SE])

National Home Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 175, H6721 [23SE])

National Institute of Nursing Research: designate (see H.R. 2447, H5650 [18JY])

National Invent America Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 287, H5746 [23JY])

National Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 252, H5818 [24JY])

National Law Enforcement Training Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 191, H6458 [11SE])

National observances: establish a commission to advise the President (see H.R. 68, H1162 [26FE]; H.R. 1882, H2373 [17AP])

National Parks Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 276, H6194 [31JY])

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 72, H1456 [6MR])

National Philanthropy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 140, H8662 [29OC])

National Polio Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 211, H4868 [20JN])

National Radon Action Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 67, H6721 [23SE])

National School Breakfast Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 98, H1281 [27FE])

National Scleroderma Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 219, H3806 [3JN])

National Senior Nutrition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 141, H2571 [29AP])

Peace Corps: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 131, H1024 [19FE])

Political campaigns: prohibit contributions from Members of Congress or congressional candidates to other campaigns (see H.R. 62, H1416 [5MR])

Pornography: protection of children and other victims (see H.R. 1768, H2188 [15AP])

Postal Service: establish commission to investigate (see H. Res. 194, H5911 [25JY])

Presidents: line-item veto (see H. Res. 152, H3149 [15MY])

Public Pension Equity Restoration Act: enact (see H.R. 1348, H3037 [14MY])

Red River Waterway: designate lock and dam 1 as the Lindy Claiborne Boggs lock and dam (see H.R. 508, H1080 [20FE])

Refuse disposal: prevent lawsuits equating municipal solid waste and sewage sludge with industrial hazardous wastes (see H.R. 3026, H8496 [24OC])

Roads and highways: funding for construction and safety programs (see H.R. 2566, H4438 [12JN])

Robert W. Kastenmeier U.S. Courthouse, Madison, WI: designate (see H.R. 948, H992 [6FE])

Savings and loan associations: investigation and prosecution of criminal activity (see H. Res. 107, H6195 [31JY])

Schwarzkopf, H. Norman, Jr.: award a Congressional Gold Medal and produce bronze duplicates for public sale (see H.R. 1296, H1475 [7MR])

Social Security: assistance to States to support informal caregivers of individuals with functional limitations (see H.R. 2106, H5818 [24JY])

———benefit formula computation rules (see H.R. 917, H6879 [25SE])

———benefit payment guidelines upon death of recipient (see H.R. 335, H5650 [18JY])

———earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 105, H713 [28JA]; H.R. 344, H988 [6FE]; H.R. 851, H1023 [19FE]; H.R. 967, H1080 [20FE]; H.R. 1575, H2014 [21MR])

———establish individual retirement accounts funded by payroll deductions and employer contributions (see H.R. 1647, H2602 [30AP])

———exempt from earnings test income earned for home health care services or respite services provided in the recipient's home (see H.R. 2305, H5050 [25JN])

———payment for physicians' services (see H.R. 3070, H7649 [8OC])

States: regulation of surface transportation rates by certain motor and air carriers (see H.R. 3221, H7314 [2OC])

Strategic petroleum reserve: drawdown to control oil prices (see H.R. 778, H1915 [20MR])

Student aid programs: legal and technical issues relative to Federal postsecondary programs (see H.R. 1285, H1579 [11MR])

———use of certain grants by prisoners (see H.R. 3437, H8662 [29OC])

Taxation: application of employer Social Security taxes to employees' cash tips (see H.R. 1472, H5665 [22JY])

———cash or deferred arrangements for employees of tax-exempt organizations (see H.R. 2327, H3035 [14MY])

———deduction for dividends paid by domestic corporations (see H.R. 663, H2136 [10AP])

———earned income tax credit for families with young children (see H.R. 2633, H6139 [30JY])

———educational assistance programs for undergraduates (see H.R. 1257, H3371 [21MY])

———employee stock ownership plans (see H.R. 2410, H7314 [2OC])

———exempt from luxury tax passenger vehicle parts or accessories for disabled individuals (see H.R. 1259, H1671 [12MR])

———gains and losses of non-exempt farmer cooperatives (see H.R. 2361, H3149 [15MY])

———health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 784, H4016 [5JN])

———increase amount of the exemption for children under age 18 (see H.R. 1277, H2137 [10AP])

———index the basis of capital assets (see H.R. 606, H2136 [10AP])

———individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 77, H1162 [26FE])

———low-income housing credit (see H.R. 413, H6385 [2AU])

———method of rounding used in adjusting tax rates (see H.R. 768, H1670 [12MR])

———repeal excise tax on luxury items (see H.R. 2598, H6194 [31JY]; H.R. 2604, H6194 [31JY]

———repeal the luxury tax on boats (see H.R. 951, H1023 [19FE])

———rollover of gain from sale of farm assets into individual retirement account (see H.R. 2470, H5341 [10JY])

———standing mileage rate deduction for charitable use of passenger automobiles (see H.R. 1506, H2262 [16AP])

———treatment of certain self-employment income received by insurance salesmen after retirement (see H.R. 2766, H8787 [30OC])

———treatment of church pension benefit plans (see H.R. 1570, H2014 [21MR])

———treatment of deduction for interest paid on debt secured by a first or second home (see H. Con. Res. 8, H782 [29JA])

———treatment of long-term real property relative to eminent domain laws (see H.R. 2811, H5596 [17JY])

———withholding of income tax from wages paid for agricultural labor (see H.R. 924, H1849 [19MR])

Technology: regulation of audiotext (see H.R. 328, H6602 [16SE])

Transportation: tax treatment of employer subsidies for mass transit and van pooling (see H.R. 193, H2261 [16AP])

Veterans: allow disability compensation concurrently with retirement pay (see H.R. 304, H6798 [24SE])

———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, H6720 [23SE])

———benefit eligibility for incompetent veterans relative to dependent status (see H.R. 1473, H2137 [10AP])

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

———eligibility for mortgage revenue bond financing (see H.R. 1250, H2137 [10AP])

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

———improve benefits and services for military personnel serving during the Persian Gulf war (see H.R. 908, H1326 [28FE])

Volunteer workers: immunity from civil liability for certain individuals working for nonprofit organizations and governmental entities (see H.R. 911, H3805 [3JN])

Week for the National Observance of the 50th Anniversary of World War II: designate (see H.J. Res. 371, H9580 [7NO])

Welk, Lawrence: repeal authority to use appropriations for rural development grants for the restoration of birthplace (see H.R. 772, H839 [31JA])

Year of American Craft—A Celebration of the Creative Work of the Hand: designate (see H.J. Res. 380, H12063 [3JA])

Descriptions

Income-Dependent Education Assistance Act (H.R. 2336), E1792-E1794 [16MY]

Explanations

Multiple Employer Health Benefits Protection Act (H.R. 2773), E2404 [27JN]

Lists

Organizations supporting the National Recreational Trails Fund Act, E662 [27FE]

Remarks by, on

Coast Guard: budget (H.R. 1776), H5617, H5619 [18JY]

Congress: exemption from equal opportunity and protection laws, H8667 [30OC]

Dept. of Defense: making supplemental appropriations for personnel expenditures relative to Operation Desert Shield and other urgent domestic programs (H.R. 1281), H1526 [7MR]

Dept. of Labor: administration of apprenticeship programs, H1526 [7MR]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and independent agencies, commissions, corporations, and offices: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2519), H4038 [6JN]

Eastern European countries: termination of application of certain provisions of the Trade Act to the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic and Hungary (H.R. 1724), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 287), H10652 [20NO]

Education: establish loan program with repayment guidelines based on income level and borrowing history (H.R. 2336), H2969 [14MY], H4773 [20JN], H5303 [10JY], H5401 [11JY], H5604 [18JY], E1792 [16MY]

———income-dependent education assistance, H2818 [8MY]

———student loans, H2574 [30AP], H2690 [2MY]

Employment: entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (H.R. 2), H9734 [13NO]

———exempt certain individuals from child labor laws (H.R. 3144), E2827 [1AU]

ERISA: multiple employer welfare arrangements providing health plan benefits (H.R. 2773), E2400 [27JN]

———protect single-employer plan termination insurance program (H.R. 3843), E3989 [22NO]

Federal aid programs: drought assistance (H.R. 355), H1941 [21MR]

Income: treatment of telephone and electric cooperative pension plans (H.R. 2031), H5459 [16JY]

Kimberley-Clark Corp.: Kleenex Says Bless You Award recipients, E958 [14MR]

Middle East: military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq, H316 [11JA]

Recreation areas: taxation of fuels relative to maintenance and improvement of trails (H.R. 3585), E3452 [21OC]

Ships and vessels: recreational boat user fees, H5617, H5619 [18JY]

Taxation: earned income tax credit for taxpayers with young children (H.R. 4021), E4194 [26NO]

Trails: use of tax revenues collected on recreational fuels to maintain recreational trails (H.R. 1155), E662 [27FE]

Transportation: establish a national comprehensive surface transportation system (H.R. 2950), H8224 [23OC]

———establish a national comprehensive surface transportation system (H.R. 2950), conference report, H11515 [26NO]

Unemployment: emergency compensation, H10652 [20NO]

Water: subsidization of surplus crop irrigation during drought, H1941 [21MR]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H1160 [26FE], H1266 [27FE], H1453 [6MR], H1667 [12MR], H3034 [14MY], H3147 [15MY], H5208 [26JN], H8100 [17OC], H10840 [21NO]

Summaries

Family Living Wage Act (H.R. 4021), E4195 [26NO]

Testimonies

Committee on Aging (Select): Small Business and Older Workers Health Benefits, D1111 [17SE]

Committee on Education and Labor: Higher Education Act Reauthorization, D742 [12JN]

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Recreational Trails in the U.S., D1354 [31OC]

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Recreational Vessel User Fee, D481 [24AP]

Committee on Rules: Family and Medical Leave Act (H.R. 2), D1386 [6NO]

———National Comprehensive Surface Transportation System (H.R. 2950), D1040 [1AU]

Texts of

H.R. 1155, use of tax revenues collected on recreational fuels to maintain recreational trails, E662-E664 [27FE]

H.R. 2336, Income-Dependent Education Assistance Act, E1794-E1797 [16MY]

H.R. 2773, Multiple Employer Health Benefits Protection Act, E2401-E2404 [27JN]

H.R. 3585, American Trails Improvement Act, E3452-E3454 [21OC]

H.R. 4021, Family Living Wage Act, E4195 [26NO]