KILDEE, DALE E. (a Representative from Michigan)

Amendments

Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal (H.R. 1270), H9691 [29OC]

Real property: preserve Federal sovereignty of certain public lands and preserve certain State and private property rights (H.R. 901), H7912 [25SE]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 2015, Balanced Budget Act, H5040 [10JY]

House of Representatives Page Board, H597 [25FE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 929), H766 [5MR]

Agriculture: require labeling of country of origin of imported perishable agricultural commodities (see H.R. 1232), H3924 [18JN]

Alaska: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 900), H701 [27FE]

Anderson, Marian: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 864), H1707 [17AP]

Army: close School of the Americas (see H.R. 611), H702 [27FE]

Aviation: allow families of international airline disaster victims a fair jury trial to receive just compensation for their loss (see H.R. 2005), H4132 [20JN]

Business and industry: maintain standards for ``Made in USA'' label (see H. Con. Res. 80), H2784 [15MY]

California: distribution of certain revenues from the Mineral Springs parcel to certain members of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians (see H.R. 700), H522 [12FE]

Capitol Building and Grounds: use of the rotunda for a ceremony honoring Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (see H. Con. Res. 134), H6799 [3SE]

Children and youth: support local reading programs for children (see H.R. 1516), H2155 [1MY]

Civil rights: prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (see H.R. 1302), H1543 [15AP]

———prohibit use of involuntary arbitration to settle claims of employment discrimination (see H.R. 983), H4087 [19JN]

Clothing industry: legal accountability for sweatshop conditions (see H.R. 23), H4835 [26JN]

Colleges and universities: reform methods for calculating graduation rates (see H.R. 914), H724 [4MR]

Consumers: protection from unreasonable credit card fees or interest rates (see H.R. 1975), H7263 [11SE]

Credit unions: clarify laws relative to field of membership of Federal credit unions (see H.R. 1151), H1340 [8AP]

Crime: require States to address the problem of violent crimes committed by repeat offenders (see H. Con. Res. 75), H2350 [7MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: expand School Breakfast Program and provide greater access to snacks in school-based childcare programs (see H.R. 3086), H10955 [13NO]

Dept. of Defense: allow military health care system beneficiaries the option to enroll in Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 76), H3203 [22MY]

Dept. of Education: study methods for identifying and treating children with dyslexia (see H.R. 3058), H10954 [13NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve programs providing counseling and treatment for sexual trauma experienced by veterans (see H.R. 2253), H7199 [10SE]

Diseases: coverage of prostate cancer screening and drug treatments under Medicare and Dept. of Veterans Affairs programs and expansion of research and education programs (see H.R. 383), H151 [9JA]

———Medicare coverage and research funding for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (see H.R. 2009), H6918 [4SE]

———payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H888 [11MR]

Ecology and environment: assist local governments and encourage State voluntary response programs relative to remediating brownfield sites (see H.R. 1120), H4087 [19JN]

———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. 2351), H8929 [21OC]

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2248), H6918 [4SE]

Edison, Thomas A.: mint coins in commemoration of sesquicentennial of birth (see H.R. 678), H452 [11FE]

Education: improve access to and affordability of higher education (see H.R. 2546), H7910 [25SE]

———improve student financial aid programs (see H.R. 2536), H7830 [24SE]

———provide State and local assistance to improve adult education and family literacy (see H.R. 1562), H2444 [8MY]

Employment: consolidate Federal job training programs (see H.R. 1385), H1705 [17AP]

———prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see H.R. 1858), H3659 [10JN]

———provide for retirement savings and security (see H.R. 1130), H1186 [19MR]

EPA: prohibit establishment of new standards for ozone or particulate matter before existing standards have been attained (see H.R. 1984), H5401 [16JY]

FAA: foreign repair station rules (see H.R. 145), H1392 [9AP]

FCC: establish Ethnic and Minority Affairs Section (see H.R. 147), H589 [13FE]

Federal employees: access to hearing care services by audiologists (see H.R. 176), H2156 [1MY]

———computation system for Social Security benefits relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 2273), H8834 [9OC]

———delays in retirement cost-of-living adjustments (see H. Con. Res. 13), H525 [12FE]

Federal firefighters: hourly and overtime pay rates and pay equity with other civil service employees and public sector firefighters (see H.R. 1166), H1612 [16AP]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: authorize compounding of certain drugs and devices (see H.R. 1060), H5177 [11JY]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 54), H768 [5MR]

Food stamps: modify certain eligibility disqualifications (see H.R. 1507), H3204 [22MY]

Foreign trade: require reciprocal responses to foreign acts, policies, and practices that deny national treatment to U.S. investment (see H.R. 1654), H2874 [16MY]

Government regulations: provide for the debarment or suspension from Federal procurement and nonprocurement activities of persons that violate certain labor and safety laws (see H.R. 1624), H7830 [24SE]

Great Lakes: implementation of strategic plan for restoration of fisheries and other natural resources (see H.R. 1481), H1988 [29AP]

Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal (see H.R. 1270), H1437 [10AP]

Health: allow patients to receive any medical treatment they want under certain conditions (see H.R. 746), H585 [13FE]

———assure continued health insurance coverage of retired workers (see H.R. 211), H146 [9JA]

———prohibit restriction of certain medical communications between health care providers and their patients (see H.R. 586), H345 [5FE]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 337, 1749), H453 [11FE], H3203 [22MY]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 135), H143 [9JA]

———revise and extend mammography quality standards programs (see H.R. 1289), H5916 [28JY]

———standardize relationships between group health plans and health insurers relative to enrollees, health professionals, and providers (see H.R. 1415), H4647 [25JN]

Higher Education Act: improve accountability and reform certain programs (see H.R. 2140), H5131 [10JY]

House of Representatives: implementation of Office Waste Recycling Program (see H. Res. 119), H3798 [12JN]

———official mail allowance (see H.R. 2439), H8727 [8OC]

———require that excess amounts from Members' official allowances be applied to deficit reduction (see H.R. 80), H285 [4FE]

Hudson and Mohawk Rivers National Historical Park: establish (see H.R. 545), H284 [4FE]

Independent Commission on Campaign Finance Reform: establish (see H.R. 1614), H8633 [7OC]

India: permanent membership on the U.N. Security Council (see H. Res. 248), H9559 [24OC]

Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (see H.R. 815), H1262 [20MR]

———coverage of minimum hospital stays and reconstructive surgery relative to breast cancer and of second opinions for any cancer diagnosis (see H.R. 616), H1988 [29AP]

———coverage of reconstructive breast surgery resulting from mastectomies (see H.R. 164), H1339 [8AP]

———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 306), H149 [9JA]

Iran: impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce ballistic missiles (see H.R. 2930), H10957 [13NO]

Larry Doby Post Office, Paterson, NJ: designate (see H.R. 2116), H5401 [16JY]

Law enforcement officers: extend certain civil service retirement options to IRS revenue officers, INS inspectors, and Customs Service inspectors and canine enforcement officers (see H.R. 1215), H3274 [3JN]

———issue postage stamp in commemoration of officers killed in the line of duty (see H. Con. Res. 41), H804 [6MR]

Local government: provide for greater local input in transportation planning (see H.R. 1799), H3798 [12JN]

Marine resources: reauthorization of programs (see H.R. 437), H1707 [17AP]

Medicare: bone mass measurements (see H.R. 1002), H812 [10MR]

———coverage of diabetes outpatient self-management training services and blood-testing strips (see H.R. 58), H68 [7JA], H140 [9JA]

———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services (see H.R. 1375), H1704 [17AP]

———coverage of multiple sclerosis drug treatments (see H.R. 1329), H9730 [29OC]

———coverage of screening mammography (see H.R. 417), H245 [21JA]

———hospice care reform (see H.R. 521), H889 [11MR]

———multiple sclerosis drug treatments (see H.R. 1018), H8833 [9OC]

———protection of beneficiaries relative to enrollment in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 66), H244 [21JA]

———reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities (see H.R. 1362), H3070 [20MY]

———reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 192, 414), H2445 [8MY]

Mother Teresa: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1650), H2873 [16MY]

Motor vehicles: average fuel economy standards for automobiles (see H.R. 880), H700 [27FE]

Music and dance: tribute to African-American music (see H. Con. Res. 27), H701 [27FE]

NAFTA: assess impact, renegotiate certain provisions, and provide for withdrawal (see H.R. 978), H7830 [24SE]

National cemeteries: penalties for theft and malicious vandalism (see H.R. 1532), H2446 [8MY]

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1716), H3201 [22MY]

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: expand and coordinate activities on cardiovascular diseases in women (see H.R. 2130), H5021 [9JY]

National Physical Fitness and Sports Foundation: establish (see H.R. 756), H629 [25FE]

National Sea Grant College Program: reauthorization (see H.R. 437), H1707 [17AP]

Native Americans: enhance self-governance relative to direct operation, control, and redesign of Indian Health Service activities (see H.R. 1833), H3578 [7JN]

———improve Indian reservation roads and related transportation services (see H.R. 2665), H8832 [9OC]

Natural resources: recover fair market value for disposal of Federal natural assets (see H.R. 919), H890 [11MR]

Navy Combat Action Ribbon: retroactive awarding to certain individuals (see H.R. 543), H283 [4FE]

NetDay96: tribute (see H. Res. 38), H1989 [29AP]

Nonprofit organizations: authorize transfer to States of surplus personal property for donation (see H.R. 680), H590 [13FE]

Northern Mariana Islands: labeling, minimum wage, and immigration requirements relative to textile industry (see H.R. 1450), H4913 [8JY]

Olympic games: holding of the 2004 summer games in Cape Town, South Africa (see H. Con. Res. 89), H3798 [12JN]

Pensions: exclude the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund from the Federal budget (see H.R. 107), H767 [5MR]

Pilot Records Improvement Act: clarify (see H.R. 2626), H8929 [21OC]

Point Reyes National Seashore: protect farmland (see H.R. 1995), H10421 [8NO]

Privacy: protection of Social Security numbers and other personal information (see H.R. 1813), H3567 [5JN]

Puerto Rico: self-determination (see H.R. 856), H699 [27FE]

Railroads: modify the guaranteed minimum benefit for widows and widowers relative to conversion from spouse to widow or widower annuity (see H. Con. Res. 52), H5401 [16JY]

Railway Labor Act: applicability to U.S. air carriers and flight crews during operations outside the U.S. (see H.R. 991), H7730 [23SE]

Rhode Island: rights and sovereign status of certain Indian tribes (see H.R. 1983), H4085 [19JN]

Roads and highways: make grants to States for the construction and maintenance of highways and direct the FCC to conduct spectrum auctions to provide funding for the grants (see H.R. 918), H1340 [8AP]

Schools: assist local communities in renewal of public schools (see H.R. 1436), H1890 [24AP]

———establish a partnership to rebuild and modernize school facilities (see H.R. 1104), H1111 [18MR]

Senior citizens: anniversary of establishment of the first nutrition program for the elderly (see H. Con. Res. 48), H1018 [13MR]

Ships and vessels: support requirements that vessels operating between U.S. ports be built, owned, and operated by U.S. citizens (see H. Con. Res. 65), H2255 [6MY]

Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 612), H949 [12MR]

Solid waste: congressional authorization for restrictions on receipt of out of State municipal solid waste (see H.R. 1346), H1610 [16AP]

Space policy: space station program funding (see H.R. 1423), H1794 [23AP]

Taxation: allow nonitemizers a deduction for a portion of their charitable contributions (see H.R. 2499), H9865 [31OC]

———exclusion of employer-provided educational assistance (see H.R. 1382), H3204 [22MY]

———increase State cap on private activity bonds (see H.R. 979), H9039 [22OC]

———require burden of proof to be on the Dept. of the Treasury in all tax cases (see H.R. 367), H629 [25FE]

———treatment of contributions of computer technology and equipment to elementary or secondary schools (see H.R. 1478), H3924 [18JN]

———treatment of employer-provided and graduate level educational assistance (see H.R. 127), H286 [4FE]

———treatment of gifts of publicly-traded stock to certain private foundations (see H.R. 519), H670 [26FE]

Taxpayer Relief Act: repeal provisions that terminate the tax-exempt status of the Teacher's Insurance Annuity Association College Retirement Equities Fund (see H.R. 2527), H8834 [9OC]

Transportation: funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs (see H.R. 2400), H7911 [25SE]

———provide off-budget treatment for certain transportation trust funds (see H.R. 4), H156 [9JA]

21st Century Scholars Program: establish (see H.R. 777), H587 [13FE]

Urban areas: development of municipally owned vacant lots by nonprofit community organizations (see H.R. 726), H523 [12FE]

Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1500), H8929 [21OC]

Veterans: determination of active military service for certain merchant mariners who served during World War II (see H.R. 1126), H1340 [8AP]

———minimum survivor annuities for unremarried surviving spouses of veterans who died prior to survivor benefit plan participation (see H.R. 38), H767 [5MR]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 44, 65, 303), H589 [13FE], H8833 [9OC]

———repeal computation system that reduces annuity for surviving spouses at age 62 relative to Social Security offset (see H.R. 165), H3924 [18JN]

Women: celebrate and continue accomplishments of Title IX provisions relative to equity in women's educational and athletic opportunities (see H. Con. Res. 103), H4221 [23JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Cabazon Indian Reservation: authorize leases (see H.R. 2089), H4834 [26JN]

Dept. of the Interior: set aside fees from the National Park System into a National Park Capital Improvement Fund and secure bonds for certain capital improvements (see H.R. 2853), H10171 [6NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: furnish headstones or markers for the marked graves of certain individuals (see H.R. 2504), H7599 [18SE]

Ecology and environment: provide off-budget treatment for the land and water conservation fund (see H.R. 1732), H3202 [22MY]

Education: improve and strengthen recruitment and training of teachers (see H.R. 2852), H10171 [6NO]

Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1173), H1259 [20MR]

Native Americans: clarify Federal relationship with the Burt Lake Band of Michigan (see H.R. 948), H767 [5MR]

———divide, use, and distribute certain judgment funds of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan (see H.R. 1604), H2679 [14MY]

St. Helena Island National Scenic Area: establish (see H.R. 1733), H3202 [22MY]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H75 [9JA], H6966 [8SE]

Remarks

African Americans: participation in the Million Woman March, E2350 [13NO]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2160), H5556 [22JY], H5684 [24JY]

Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act: reauthorize and amend (H.R. 1658), H10804 [13NO]

BIA: prohibit recognition of new Indian trust lands until binding agreements are reached by tribes on State and local sales taxes, H5222 [15JY]

Black History Month: observance, H430 [11FE]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), technical corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 138), H6680 [31JY]

Buy American Act: compliance, H2844 [16MY]

California: distribution of certain revenues from the Mineral Springs parcel to certain members of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians (H.R. 700), H6969 [8SE]

Capitol Pages: tribute, H3546 [5JN]

Colleges and universities: reform methods for calculating graduation rates (H.R. 914), H847 [11MR]

———reform methods for calculating graduation rates (H.R. 914), concur with Senate amendments (H. Res. 145), H2543 [13MY]

Community Education Day: observance, E2157 [31OC]

Danner, Peter: International Institute of Flint Golden Door Award recipient, E1979 [8OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: Meals on Wheels Program funding, H5684 [24JY]

Dept. of the Interior: set aside fees from the National Park System into a National Park Capital Improvement Fund and secure bonds for certain capital improvements (H.R. 2853), E2210 [7NO]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2107), H5222 [15JY]

Ecology and environment: provide off-budget treatment for the land and water conservation fund (H.R. 1732), E1041 [22MY]

Education: allow consolidation of direct student loans (H.R. 2535), H8847, H8849 [21OC]

———improve and strengthen recruitment and training of teachers (H.R. 2852), E2203 [7NO]

———vocational education funding (H.R. 1853), H5416, H5417 [17JY]

———voluntary participation of home schoolers in literacy programs, emphasize the use of phonics in literacy, and prohibit local workforce boards authority to control curriculum, H2843 [16MY]

Employment: consolidate Federal job training programs (H.R. 1385), H2799, H2807, H2812, H2843, H2844, H2859 [16MY]

———provide greater flexibility to States and localities as they work to carry out meaningful job training reform, H2812 [16MY]

Flint, MI: tribute to Labor Council for Latin American Advancement Cesar Chavez Awards Ceremony, E698 [17AP]

———tribute to Pan-Hellenic Council honorees, E228 [12FE]

———tribute to Thousand Woman March, E2350 [13NO]

Florida: clarification of certain rights of the Miccosukee Tribe (H.R. 1476), H8070 [29SE]

Genessee County, MI: Hispanic Independence Award recipients, E2346 [13NO]

Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal (H.R. 1270), H9691 [29OC]

Kurtz, Edward J.: Flint, MI, Chamber of Commerce Charles Stewart Mott Citizen of the Year Award recipient, E2005 [9OC]

Lake Orion, MI: tribute to Youth to Youth/Pride Program, E2092 [24OC]

Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (H.R. 1173), H2178 [6MY]

Monuments and memorials: extend authority for construction of National Peace Garden memorial (S. 731), H10807 [13NO]

Museum and Library Services Act: technical corrections (S. 1505), H10866 [13NO]

National Commission on the Cost of Higher Education: establish, H2543 [13MY]

National Hispanic Heritage Month: observance, E2346 [13NO]

National Lighthouse Museum: establish (H.R. 2895), E2237 [8NO]

Native Americans: clarify definition of ``affected Indian tribe'' relative to Nuclear Waste Policy Act, H9691 [29OC]

———distribution of judgment funds to Mississippi Sioux Indian tribes (H.R. 976), H6968 [8SE]

———divide, use, and distribute certain judgment funds of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan (H.R. 1604), H10805 [13NO]

Nichols, Mark R.: Palm Desert, CA, East Valley Jewish Community Center Man of the Year award recipient, E552 [21MR]

Oakland County, MI: Catholic Social Services of Oakland County anniversary, E2080 [24OC]

Pontiac, MI: tribute to Pontiac Central High School and Delphi Interior and Lighting Systems for awards at the For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) competition, E845 [6MY]

Siegel, Kenneth: ACLU Baltus Civil Libertarian of the Year award recipient, E741 [24AP]

St. Helena Island National Scenic Area: establish (H.R. 1733), E1041 [22MY]

WIC: funding, H5556 [22JY]

Tributes

Chavez, Cesar, E698 [17AP]

Chavez, Richard, E698 [17AP]

Daubendiek, Bertha, E697 [17AP]

Epps, Sandra, E1230 [17JN]

Fedewa, Joanne, E1860 [25SE]

Ford, Patricia, E928 [14MY]

Grantner, Gerald, E928 [14MY]

Hawkins, Willa J., E225 [12FE]

Hillman, Marlan, E1509 [24JY]

Howald, Robert W., E1279 [20JN]

Johnson, Amos G., E1917 [2OC]

Jumanne, Monifa A., E1399 [11JY]

Lent, Bob, E1342 [27JN]

Marshall, Stan, E1838 [24SE]

McCree, Edward L., Sr., E1210 [12JN]

McLaughlin, Marvin, E928 [14MY]

Mosher, Donald J., E308 [25FE]

O'Neill, Raymond G., E1078 [3JN]

Pryor, Pauline, E437 [11MR]

Sain, Dan, E1740 [11SE]

Spencer, J. Merrill and Edith P., E1197 [12JN]

Stephens, Earl W., E1277 [20JN]