HOLDEN, TIM (a Representative from Pennsylvania)

Amendments

Housing: deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs and increase community control over such programs (H.R. 2), H2157 [1MY], H2190 [6MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

Agriculture: increase emphasis on and disseminate results of agricultural research projects relative to precision agriculture (see H.R. 725), H523 [12FE]

———make regulatory correction relative to methyl bromide under the Montreal Protocol (see H.R. 2609), H9039 [22OC]

———repeal peanut quotas and reduce peanut loan rates (see H.R. 1864), H3720 [11JN]

Airlines: provide protection for airline employees who provide certain air safety information (see H.R. 915), H3476 [4JN]

———require use of child safety restraint systems (see H.R. 754), H2785 [15MY]

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

Animals: ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally (see H.R. 594), H670 [26FE]

Armed Forces: procedures for determining status of certain missing members (see H.R. 409), H1795 [23AP]

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]

———require foreign air carriers to establish disaster assistance plans (see H.R. 2476), H8633 [7OC]

Budget: reform process and enforce the bipartisan balanced budget agreement (see H.R. 2003), H4836 [26JN]

Business and industry: maintain standards for ``Made in USA'' label (see H. Con. Res. 80), H3865 [17JN]

———require profit-sharing plans for the provision of Federal contracts or subsidies (see H.R. 2468), H10956 [13NO]

Capitol Building and Grounds: establish a Capitol Visitor Center (see H.R. 20), H8928 [21OC]

———use of the rotunda for a ceremony honoring Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (see H. Con. Res. 134), H6406 [30JY]

CERCLA: clarify liability for certain recycling transactions (see H.R. 2733), H9558 [24OC]

Civil War—U.S.: mint coins in commemoration of African-American Civil War veterans (see H.R. 2453), H7261 [11SE]

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

Computers: use, sale, and export of encryption products for privacy and security (see H.R. 695), H5778 [24JY]

Copyrights: amend laws relative to certain exemptions (see H.R. 789), H587 [13FE]

Courts: access relative to Federal agency actions and State laws (see H.R. 1534), H4222 [23JN]

———provide certain immunities from civil liability for trade and professional associations (see H.R. 1542), H6963 [5SE]

Credit unions: clarify laws relative to field of membership of Federal credit unions (see H.R. 1151), H6918 [4SE]

Crime: constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights (see H.J. Res. 71), H7365 [16SE]

———implement constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights (see H.R. 1322), H7365 [16SE]

———national policy to control juvenile crime and violence (see H.R. 1699), H3169 [21MY]

———protection from sexual predators (see H.R. 305), H149 [9JA]

Cyprus: Turkish occupation (see H. Con. Res. 81), H4836 [26JN]

Death and dying: prohibit Federal funding for assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing (see H.R. 1003), H887 [11MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish temporary emergency minimum milk prices (see H. Res. 224), H7263 [11SE]

Dept. of Defense: allow military health care system beneficiaries the option to enroll in Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 76), H1261 [20MR]

———authorizing appropriations for ballistic missile defense systems (see H.R. 2786), H9864 [31OC]

Dept. of HUD: include VA loan recipients under requirement for notification of housing counseling (see H.R. 895), H1019 [13MR]

Dept. of State: prohibit charges or fees for providing passport information (see H.R. 491), H725 [4MR]

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

———offer loan guaranteed by an adjustable rate mortgage (see H.R. 1007), H887 [11MR]

Diseases: issue special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 407), H2590 [13MY]

———Medicare coverage and research funding for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (see H.R. 2009), H8161 [29SE]

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

———prostate cancer screening benefits (see H.R. 2639), H8929 [21OC]

———research programs for Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1398), H2255 [6MY]

Ecology and environment: cleanup and redevelopment of brownfield sites (see H.R. 990), H803 [6MR]

———State certification of voluntary cleanup programs for low and medium priority sites (see H.R. 873), H1795 [23AP]

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

Education: development of curriculum designed to educate students about the Irish famine (see H. Con. Res. 12), H2590 [13MY]

———establish State infrastructure banks for education (see H.R. 1822), H3567 [5JN]

———substitute educational quality evaluations for cohort default rates in eligibility determinations for student assistance programs (see H.R. 386), H151 [9JA]

Employment: provide for retirement savings and security (see H.R. 1130), H1707 [17AP]

EPA: distribution of funds to States for cooperative agreements relative to underground storage tanks (see H.R. 688), H1340 [8AP]

———prohibit establishment of new standards for ozone or particulate matter before existing standards have been attained (see H.R. 1984), H4133 [20JN]

FAA: foreign repair station rules (see H.R. 145), H143 [9JA]

Federal, Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: authorize compounding of certain drugs and devices (see H.R. 1060), H1017 [13MR]

Federal employees: delays in retirement cost-of-living adjustments (see H. Con. Res. 13), H629 [25FE]

———military uniform requirements for civilian employees of the National Guard (see H.R. 2331), H7601 [18SE]

———prevent discrimination against preference eligibles applying for certain government positions (see H.R. 240), H589 [13FE]

Federal firefighters: hourly and overtime pay rates and pay equity with other civil service employees and public sector firefighters (see H.R. 1166), H5297 [15JY]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: development, clearance, and use of certain devices (see H.R. 1710), H4133 [20JN]

Firearms: allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in all States (see H.R. 339), H286 [4FE]

———protect and enforce the right to obtain and use firearms for security, self-defense, and other legitimate purposes (see H.R. 27), H67 [7JA], H139 [9JA]

Flags: mandate the display of the POW/MIA flag on various occasions and in various locations (see H.R. 1161), H1258 [20MR]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 54), H588 [13FE]

———designate flagpole upon which U.S. flag is set at half-staff whenever a law enforcement officer is killed in the line of duty (see H. Con. Res. 47), H2883 [19MY]

Food industry: ensure that all persons who benefit from the dairy promotion and research program contribute to the cost of the program (see H.R. 2139), H5778 [24JY]

Foreign trade: eliminate disincentives to fair trade conditions (see H.R. 2509), H8834 [9OC]

———ensure protection of worker rights and environmental standards in any trade agreements (see H.R. 1079), H1612 [16AP]

———European Union obligations relative to U.S. meat and pork exporting facilities (see H.R. 723), H1262 [20MR]

Germany: jurisdiction of cases in U.S. courts involving genocide during World War II (see H.R. 1531), H3660 [10JN]

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), H2783 [15MY]

Great Irish Potato Famine: honor memory of victims (see H. Con. Res. 159), H7911 [25SE]

Guam: establish commonwealth (see H.R. 100), H70 [7JA], H142 [9JA]

———restitution for atrocities during Japanese occupation in World War II (see H.R. 2200), H5487 [17JY]

H. John Heinz III, Dept. of Veterans Affairs Nursing Care Center, Aspinwall, PA: designate (see H.R. 714), H768 [5MR]

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

Health: develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth defects (see H.R. 1114), H8633 [7OC]

———liability protection for suppliers of raw material and component parts to medical device manufacturers (see H.R. 872), H7119 [9SE]

———prohibit restriction of certain medical communications between health care providers and their patients (see H.R. 586), H524 [12FE]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 135), H3720 [11JN]

———revise and extend mammography quality standards programs (see H.R. 1289), H7600 [18SE]

———standardize relationships between group health plans and health insurers relative to enrollees, health professionals, and providers (see H.R. 1415), H5177 [11JY]

Health care professionals: exempt physician office laboratories from clinical laboratory requirements (see H.R. 2250), H5777 [24JY]

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

Hope, Bob: confer honorary Armed Forces veteran status (see H.J. Res. 75), H2785 [15MY]

House of Representatives: authorize participation in State and local government transit programs (see H. Res. 37), H6799 [3SE]

Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (see H.R. 815), H1988 [29AP]

———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), H3169 [21MY]

———prevent discrimination against victims of domestic violence (see H.R. 1117), H1111 [18MR]

———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 306), H286 [4FE]

———protect personal privacy rights of customers and claimants (see H.R. 1029), H2874 [16MY]

Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1609), H3477 [4JN]

———reform (see H. Con. Res. 43), H889 [11MR]

Interstate commerce: allow any State, territory, or possession to bring Federal court action relative to transportation of alcoholic beverages (see H.R. 1063), H1909 [28AP]

Iran: impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce ballistic missiles (see H.R. 2930), H10418 [8NO]

IRS: restructure (see H.R. 2292), H8265 [30SE]

Israel: anniversary of reunification of Jerusalem (see H. Con. Res. 60), H3569 [5JN]

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

Law enforcement officers: establish a bill of rights (see H.R. 350), H2168 [5MY]

———exemption from State laws prohibiting carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218, 339), H286 [4FE], H1288 [21MR]

———extend certain civil service retirement options to IRS revenue officers, INS inspectors, and Customs Service inspectors and canine enforcement officers (see H.R. 1215), H10172 [6NO]

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

Libya: jurisdictional immunities relative to jurisdiction of U.S. courts for claims arising out of the destruction of Pan Am Flight 103 (see H.R. 3026), H10767 [12NO]

Little League Baseball Inc.: extend benefits and privileges available to nongovernmental international organizations (see H. Con. Res. 107), H8728 [8OC]

Local government: provide for greater local input in transportation planning (see H.R. 1799), H5177 [11JY]

Medicare: coverage of diabetes outpatient self-management training services and blood-testing strips (see H.R. 58), H285 [4FE]

———coverage of screening mammography (see H.R. 418), H286 [4FE]

———establish consumer protections for supplemental insurance plans (see H.R. 625), H3660 [10JN]

———hospice care reform (see H.R. 521), H283 [4FE]

———improve preventive care benefits (see H.R. 15), H524 [12FE]

———protection of beneficiaries relative to enrollment in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 66), H3568 [5JN]

———provide coverage through qualified provider-sponsored organizations (see H.R. 475), H768 [5MR]

———reform (see H.R. 1165), H1259 [20MR]

———reimbursement for nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists in health professional shortage areas (see H.R. 893), H2156 [1MY]

———reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities (see H.R. 1362), H2446 [8MY]

———reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 192, 414), H286 [4FE]

Medicare/Medicaid: establish an Office of Inspector General (see H.R. 251), H147 [9JA]

———referral information requirements of hospitals relative to post-hospital services (see H.R. 734), H2785 [15MY]

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

National cemeteries: penalties for theft and malicious vandalism (see H.R. 1532), H2253 [6MY]

National Mammography Day: support goals (see H. Res. 235), H7600 [18SE]

NATO: recommend the integration of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (see H. Con. Res. 10), H1707 [17AP]

Navy Combat Action Ribbon: retroactive awarding to certain individuals (see H.R. 543), H8300 [1OC]

Northern Ireland: sectarian violence relative to marches at Portadown (see H. Res. 182), H5178 [11JY]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 1366, 2777), H1704 [17AP], H9800 [30OC]

Postal Service: maintain Postal Uniform Allowance Program (see H. Con. Res. 168), H8633 [7OC]

Public welfare programs: prohibit financial assistance to persons delinquent in child support payments (see H.R. 399), H7730 [23SE]

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), H1707 [17AP]

———reform the safety practices of the railroad industry (see H.R. 2455), H7261 [11SE]

Railway Labor Act: applicability to U.S. air carriers and flight crews during operations outside the U.S. (see H.R. 991), H2680 [14MY]

Real property: private property owner rights (see H.R. 992), H8161 [29SE]

Religion: permit revocation by members of the clergy of their exemption from Social Security coverage (see H.R. 939), H8833 [9OC]

———protect certain charitable contributions (see H.R. 2604), H9615 [28OC]

Remy, France: tribute to citizens relative to burial of Houston Braly (see H. Con. Res. 141), H6715 [1AU]

———tribute to fundraising efforts of 364th Fighter Group relative to restoration of stained glass windows (see H. Con. Res. 141), H6715 [1AU]

Roads and highways: increase number of State participants in the infrastructure bank pilot program (see H.R. 710), H950 [12MR]

Roosevelt, Theodore: posthumous awarding of Medal of Honor (see H.R. 2263), H5825 [25JY]

Rural areas: improve health services (see H.R. 1189), H1441 [10AP]

Russia: proliferation of nuclear missile technology to Iran (see H. Con. Res. 121), H7601 [18SE]

Securities: limit the conduct of securities class actions under State law (see H.R. 1689), H5570 [22JY]

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), H3274 [3JN]

Sinatra, Francis A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 279), H1018 [13MR]

Small business: provide regulatory assistance (see H.R. 96), H1339 [8AP]

Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 464, 612), H453 [11FE], H669 [26FE]

———modification of certain State agreements relative to certain students (see H.R. 1035), H1892 [24AP]

———prevent distribution of benefits to prisoners (see H.R. 530), H1289 [21MR]

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

Sports: extend pension benefits to certain surviving professional basketball players (see H. Con. Res. 83), H5487 [17JY]

Taxation: allow individuals to designate percentage of their tax overpayments or to make contributions for units of the National Park System (see H.R. 755), H586 [13FE]

———application of the alternative minimum tax to installment sales of farm property (see H.R. 426), H153 [9JA]

———benefits for foreign corporations (see H.R. 599), H1018 [13MR]

———disregard certain amounts of capital expenditures in applying limits on certain bonds (see H.R. 840), H668 [26FE]

———encourage competition and tax fairness and protect the tax base of State and local governments (see H.R. 1168), H2351 [7MY]

———exclude gain or loss from the sale of livestock from the computation of capital gains relative to the earned income credit (see H.R. 1800), H3566 [5JN]

———exclusion of gross estate taxes of a decedent relative to certain land subject to qualified conservation easements (see H.R. 1763), H7119 [9SE]

———exempt small issues from restrictions on the deduction of interest by financial institutions (see H.R. 842), H668 [26FE]

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

———increase the unified estate and gift tax credit (see H.R. 683), H452 [11FE]

———require burden of proof to be on the Dept. of the Treasury in all tax cases (see H.R. 367), H3274 [3JN]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 158), H245 [21JA]

———treatment of draft cider (see H.R. 159), H2156 [1MY]

———treatment of employee benefits for staffing firms (see H.R. 1891), H8834 [9OC]

———treatment of employer-provided and graduate level educational assistance (see H.R. 127), H143 [9JA]

———treatment of State tuition programs (see H.R. 1355), H2488 [12MY]

Textile industry and fabrics: ensure competitiveness of industry (see H.R. 1504), H2090 [30AP]

Time: change effective date of daylight savings time (see H.R. 222), H1339 [8AP]

Tobacco products: restrict the FDA from penalizing retailers for face-to-face tobacco sales that are in accordance with State law (see H.R. 768), H1187 [19MR]

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]

Turkey: anniversary of the burning of Smyrna (see H. Con. Res. 148), H8834 [9OC]

Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1500), H2090 [30AP]

Veterans: benefit eligibility for certain service in the military forces of the Philippines (see H.R. 836), H6962 [5SE]

———determination of active military service for certain merchant mariners who served during World War II (see H.R. 1126), H5401 [16JY]

———eligibility for hospital care and services relative to awarding of Purple Heart (see H.R. 2397), H9559 [24OC]

———exclude certain income from consideration for determining rent paid for federally assisted housing (see H.R. 2820), H10957 [13NO]

———expand range of criminal offenses resulting in forfeiture of benefits (see H.R. 1955), H4339 [24JN]

———extend eligibility period for inpatient or outpatient care to those exposed to toxic substances, radiation, or environmental hazards (see H.R. 466), H243 [21JA]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 44, 65, 303), H285, H286 [4FE], H8438 [6OC]

Volunteer workers: grant immunity from personal civil liability during work on behalf of governmental entities or nonprofit organizations (see H.R. 911), H724 [4MR]

Wildlife: protect opportunities for sportsmen and enhance conservation of wildlife (see H.R. 1719), H5570 [22JY]

Women: establish offices of women's health within certain Federal agencies (see H.R. 920), H2590 [13MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Black Lung Benefits Act: improve (see H.R. 609), H347 [5FE]

Peter J. McCloskey Postal Facility, Pottsville, PA: designate (see H.R. 2564), H8054 [26SE]

Schuylkill County, PA: transfer from the Eastern Judicial District to the Middle Judicial District (see H.R. 2123), H5020 [9JY]

Social Security: level of benefit payment in the month of the beneficiary's death (see H.R. 68), H69 [7JA], H141 [9JA]

Tariff: chemicals (see H.R. 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938), H3864 [17JN]

Taxation: full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (see H.R. 69), H69 [7JA], H141 [9JA]

———investment credit for conversion of coal and domestic carbonaceous feedstocks into liquid fuels (see H.R. 2175), H5401 [16JY]

Remarks

Dept. of Energy: Clean Coal Technology Program funding, H5122 [10JY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2107), H5122 [10JY]

Federal employees: prevent discrimination against preference eligibles applying for certain Government positions (H.R. 240), H1363, H1364 [9AP]

Peter J. McCloskey Postal Facility, Pottsville, PA: designate (H.R. 2564), H8856 [21OC]

Resignations

Committee on Government Reform and Oversight (House), H1684 [17AP]

Tributes

Lewis, Thomas L., E587 [8AP]