STUPAK, BART (a Representative from Michigan)

Amendments

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2204), H8902 [21OC]

Crime: national policy to control juvenile crime and violence (H.R. 3), H2360 [8MY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2107), H5023 [9JY], H5132 [10JY], H5234 [15JY]

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), H7528 [17SE]

Airlines: provide protection for airline employees who provide certain air safety information (see H.R. 915), H6918 [4SE]

Armed Forces: establish demonstration project relative to enrollment of certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 1766), H9614 [28OC]

———permit certain beneficiaries to enroll in the Federal Employees Health Program and improve health benefits under CHAMPUS and TRICARE standard (see H.R. 1356), H4132 [20JN]

———provide retirees all benefits promised to them upon enlistment (see H.R. 51), H2091 [30AP]

Armenia: anniversary of genocide (see H. Con. Res. 55), H9615 [28OC]

Army: close School of the Americas (see H.R. 611), H1262 [20MR]

Budget: reform process and enforce the bipartisan balanced budget agreement (see H.R. 2003), H5487 [17JY]

Business and industry: discourage relocation to foreign countries and encourage creation of new jobs (see H.R. 775), H586 [13FE]

———maintain standards for ``Made in USA'' label (see H. Con. Res. 80), H5401 [16JY]

Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty: ratification (see H. Res. 241), H7729 [23SE]

Credit unions: clarify laws relative to field of membership of Federal credit unions (see H.R. 1151), H1795 [23AP]

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

Death and dying: prohibit Federal funding for assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing (see H.R. 1003), H1262 [20MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish temporary emergency minimum milk prices (see H. Res. 224), H10957 [13NO]

Dept. of Defense: allow military health care system beneficiaries the option to enroll in Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 76, 1631), H804 [6MR], H5132 [10JY]

———demonstration project to provide Medicare reimbursement to certain beneficiaries under the TRICARE program (see H.R. 1357), H4132 [20JN]

Dept. of Transportation: study existing ferry operations in the U.S. and provide financial assistance for the development of ferry operations (see H.R. 1630), H3797 [12JN]

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), H725 [4MR]

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

———research programs for Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1260), H1795 [23AP]

District of Columbia: enter into cooperative agreements with certain Federal agencies relative to crime prevention and law enforcement (see H.R. 1538), H2680 [14MY]

Ecology and environment: assist local governments and encourage State voluntary response programs relative to remediating brownfield sites (see H.R. 1120), H1185 [19MR]

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2248), H7008 [8SE]

Edison, Thomas A.: mint coins in commemoration of sesquicentennial of birth (see H.R. 678), H768 [5MR]

Emergency Commission To End the Trade Deficit: establish (see H.R. 2651), H8832 [9OC]

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), H452 [11FE]

ERISA: allow victims of child abuse to collect monetary awards from an abuser's pension (see H.R. 1142), H3924 [18JN]

FAA: foreign repair station rules (see H.R. 145), H804 [6MR]

Federal employees: delays in retirement cost-of-living adjustments (see H. Con. Res. 13), H725 [4MR]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 54), H629 [25FE]

———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), H949 [12MR]

Food: improve public health and food safety through enhanced enforcement (see H.R. 3070), H10954 [13NO]

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]

Food stamps: modify certain eligibility disqualifications (see H.R. 1507), H4913 [8JY]

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

———require the marking of frozen produce with the country of origin on the front panel of the package for retail sale (see H.R. 2332), H7601 [18SE]

Grand Haven, MI: designate as ``Coast Guard City, USA'' (see H. Con. Res. 115), H5296 [15JY]

Great Irish Potato Famine: honor memory of victims (see H. Con. Res. 159), H9559 [24OC]

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: apply group health plan portability requirements to students covered under college-sponsored health plans (see H.R. 1281), H2351 [7MY]

———improve regulation of radiopharmaceuticals (see H.R. 2298), H6405 [30JY], H6797 [3SE]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 135), H9800 [30OC]

Immigration: arrival and departure requirements for Canadian citizens relative to automated entry and exit control systems (see H.R. 2481, 2955), H7831 [24SE], H10420 [8NO]

———requirements for Canadian border boat landing permits (see H.R. 694), H590 [13FE]

Independent Commission on Campaign Finance Reform: establish (see H.R. 1614), H2679 [14MY]

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

Iran: impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce ballistic missiles (see H.R. 2709), H9730 [29OC]

Israel: anniversary of reunification of Jerusalem (see H. Con. Res. 60), H1439 [10AP]

Italian Americans: prepare report detailing injustices suffered during World War II and acknowledgment of such injustices by the President (see H.R. 2090), H9559 [24OC]

Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1173), H2254 [6MY]

Line Item Veto Act: eliminate the requirement that a budget deficit must exist in order for the President to use the line-item veto authority (see H.R. 2424), H7831 [24SE]

Local government: provide for greater local input in transportation planning (see H.R. 1799), H3566 [5JN]

Marine resources: reauthorization of programs (see H.R. 437), H768 [5MR]

Medicaid: expand State health care coverage of low-income children and pregnant women and fund enrollment in health insurance programs for certain children (see H.R. 1491), H2089 [30AP]

Medicare: bone mass measurements (see H.R. 1002), H3204 [22MY]

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

———coverage of screening mammography (see H.R. 418), H812 [10MR]

———establish consumer protections for supplemental insurance plans (see H.R. 625), H392 [6FE]

———hospice care reform (see H.R. 521), H725 [4MR]

———improve health services to rural areas (see H.R. 1248), H1339 [8AP]

———protection of beneficiaries relative to enrollment in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 66), H589 [13FE]

———provide coverage through qualified provider-sponsored organizations (see H.R. 475), H524 [12FE]

———provide for an increase in update for certain hospitals with a high proportion of patients (see H.R. 1673), H3069 [20MY]

———provide prospective payments for inpatient services relative to rehabilitation hospitals and units (see H.R. 585), H345 [5FE]

———reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 192, 414), H1440 [10AP]

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

Motor vehicles: average fuel economy standards for automobiles (see H.R. 880), H768 [5MR]

NAFTA: assess impact, renegotiate certain provisions, and provide for withdrawal (see H.R. 978), H803 [6MR]

National Labor Relations Act: require arbitration of initial contract negotiation disputes (see H.R. 2848), H10171 [6NO]

National Sea Grant College Program: reauthorization (see H.R. 437), H768 [5MR]

Native Americans: divide, use, and distribute certain judgment funds of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan (see H.R. 1604), H3660 [10JN]

NATO: recommend the integration of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (see H. Con. Res. 10), H3661 [10JN]

Navy Combat Action Ribbon: retroactive awarding to certain individuals (see H.R. 543), H1262 [20MR]

Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact: repeal consent of Congress (see H.R. 438), H153 [9JA]

Northern Ireland: sectarian violence relative to marches at Portadown (see H. Res. 182), H5665 [23JY]

Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring: establish (see H.R. 1685), H6707 [31JY]

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), H1892 [24AP]

Petroleum: use of gasoline tax revenues transferred to transportation trust funds (see H.R. 2382), H6797 [3SE]

Political campaigns: constitutional amendment to limit expenditure of money to elect public officials (see H.J. Res. 17), H155 [9JA]

Postal Service: guidelines for renovation, relocation, closing, or consolidation of post offices (see H.R. 1231), H8929 [21OC]

———maintain Postal Uniform Allowance Program (see H. Con. Res. 168), H10769 [12NO]

Public Health Service: extend breast cancer research programs (see H.R. 1070), H9614 [28OC]

Radio: liability of volunteer amateur radio operators while performing duties on behalf of the Federal Government (see H.R. 1013), H888 [11MR]

Railway Labor Act: applicability to U.S. air carriers and flight crews during operations outside the U.S. (see H.R. 991), H7911 [25SE]

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

Rudolph, Wilma G.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2717), H9615 [28OC]

Rural areas: improve health services (see H.R. 1189), H1707 [17AP]

Russia: proliferation of nuclear missile technology to Iran (see H. Con. Res. 121), H9615 [28OC]

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), H3070 [20MY]

Sinatra, Francis A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 279), H1707 [17AP]

Small business: increase opportunities for veterans (see H.R. 168), H709 [3MR]

Social Security: computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 146), H1018 [13MR]

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

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

States: enforcement of veterans' reemployment rights (see H.R. 166), H709 [3MR]

Surplus Government property: transfer certain property to State and local governments for law enforcement and safety purposes (see H.R. 404), H1261 [20MR]

Taxation: allow income tax credit to individuals active in neighborhood crime watch organizations (see H.R. 1529), H2168 [5MY]

———allow married couples to file combined return under which each spouse is taxed using rates applicable to single filers (see H.R. 2456), H8834 [9OC]

———business meal, entertainment, and certain travel expense deductions (see H.R. 628), H725 [4MR]

———exclude from gross income pension benefits received by the survivors of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty (see H.R. 921), H2680 [14MY]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 158), H8833 [9OC]

———treatment of contributions of computer technology and equipment to elementary or secondary schools (see H.R. 1478), H1988 [29AP]

———treatment of employer-provided and graduate level educational assistance (see H.R. 127), H348 [5FE]

———treatment of golf caddies (see H.R. 2321), H8438 [6OC]

———treatment of individual training accounts (see H.R. 213), H146 [9JA]

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]

Treaties and agreements: conditions for the U.S. becoming a signatory to any international agreement on greenhouse gas emissions (see H. Res. 211), H9730 [29OC]

Turkey: protection and continued livelihood of the Eastern Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarchate (see H. Con. Res. 6), H768 [5MR]

Veterans: authorize the Pyramid of Remembrance Foundation to establish a memorial dedicated to soldiers who have died in foreign conflicts other than declared wars (see H.R. 1608), H9730 [29OC]

———benefit eligibility for certain service in the military forces of the Philippines (see H.R. 836), H1795 [23AP]

———determination of active military service for certain merchant mariners who served during World War II (see H.R. 1126), H1186 [19MR]

———eligibility for hospital care and services relative to awarding of Purple Heart (see H.R. 2397), H10956 [13NO]

———exclude certain income from consideration for determining rent paid for federally assisted housing (see H.R. 2820), H10421 [8NO]

———extend eligibility period for inpatient or outpatient care to those exposed to toxic substances, radiation, or environmental hazards (see H.R. 466), H949 [12MR]

———funding levels for federally assisted education programs (see H.R. 759), H3865 [17JN]

———minimum survivor annuities for unremarried surviving spouses of veterans who died prior to survivor benefit plan participation (see H.R. 38), H1892 [24AP]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 44, 65, 303), H767, H768 [5MR], H9865 [31OC]

———priority health care to individuals who served in Israel or Turkey during the Persian Gulf Conflict (see H.R. 250), H768 [5MR]

———repeal computation system that reduces annuity for surviving spouses at age 62 relative to Social Security offset (see H.R. 165), H1611 [16AP]

Weapons: restrict the use of funds for new deployments of antipersonnel landmines (see H.R. 2459), H7601 [18SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Baraga, Frederic: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 45), H889 [11MR]

CERCLA: treatment of certain parties relative to liability (see H.R. 2485), H7364 [16SE]

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

Diseases: establish estrogenic substance screening programs (see H.R. 1311), H1439 [10AP]

Drugs: treatment of gamma y-hydroxybutyrate and ketamine hydrochloride relative to the Controlled Substances Act (see H.R. 1821), H3567 [5JN]

Firearms: exclude Federal entities from domestic violence-related possession prohibitions (see H.R. 445), H153 [9JA]

House of Representatives: require that excess amounts from Members' official allowances be applied to deficit reduction (see H.R. 352), H150 [9JA]

House Rules: reduce number of programs covered by certain appropriations bills (see H. Res. 24), H156 [9JA]

Law enforcement officers: establish a bill of rights (see H.R. 350), H150 [9JA]

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

Members of Congress: prohibit Federal funding of official travel after elections for Members who fail to be reelected (see H.R. 2276), H5826 [25JY]

Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore: authorize improvements to a county road and prohibit construction of a scenic shoreline drive (see H.R. 351), H150 [9JA]

Public safety officers: provide educational assistance to the surviving spouse and dependent children of officers killed or totally disabled in the line of duty (see H.R. 2755), H9614 [28OC]

Sault Sainte Marie, MI: Coast Guard conveyance of certain property to the local American Legion post (see H.R. 2641), H8727 [8OC]

Shatusky, Robert and Verda: relief (see H.R. 380), H156 [9JA]

Taxation: delay application of the substantiation requirements to reimbursement arrangements of certain loggers (see H.R. 1820), H3567 [5JN]

———treatment of divorced spouses (see H.R. 2467), H7262 [11SE]

Transportation: ensure that local officials are permitted to participate in the selection of certain surface transportation program projects (see H.R. 1551), H2350 [7MY]

Weapons: restrict the mail order sale of body armor (see H.R. 959), H767 [5MR]

Letters

Juvenile Crime Control Act: William T. Pound, National Conference of State Legislatures, H2328 [7MY]

NAFTA food safety provisions: several Representatives, E2009 [9OC]

Oklahoma Tribal and State Tobacco Tax Compact: Kathryn Bass, Oklahoma Tax Commission, H5230 [15JY]

Remarks

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), H2769, H2770 [15MY]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), conference report, H3280 [4JN]

BIA: prohibit recognition of new Indian trust lands until binding agreements are reached by tribes on State and local sales taxes, H5229 [15JY]

Budget: balance, H894 [12MR]

———deficit, H4225 [24JN], H5901 [28JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), H5012 [9JY], H5306, H5395, H5396, H5398 [16JY], H5782 [25JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), H5900, H5901, H5902 [28JY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), H3014 [20MY]

———submission of budget proposal by the President without budgetary contingencies (H. Res. 89), H894 [12MR]

China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res. 79), H4252 [24JN]

Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc.: anniversary, E1904 [2OC]

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2204), H8901, H8902 [21OC]

———operation and maintenance of foghorns along Lake Michigan, H8901 [21OC]

Crime: national policy to control juvenile crime and violence (H.R. 3), H2328, H2338, H2339, H2340, H2342, H2343 [7MY], H2363, H2365, H2367, H2369 [8MY], H5207 [15JY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2107), H5078, H5109 [10JY], H5229, H5234, H5235 [15JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2107), conference report, H9540 [24OC]

Eagle Harbor, MI: transfer of Eagle Harbor Light Station to the Keweenaw County Historical Society, H8902 [21OC]

EPA: distribution of funds to States for cooperative agreements relative to underground storage tanks (H.R. 688), H1751, H1753 [23AP]

Escanaba, MI: tribute to Stupak & Bergman (law firm), E2374 [13NO]

FDA: approval and development of new drugs and biological products (H.R. 1411), E2009 [9OC]

Foreign trade: establish negotiating objectives and fast-track procedures for future trade agreements, H7113, H7115 [9SE], H7358, H7359, H7360, H7361, H7362 [16SE], H7609 [23SE]

———establish negotiating objectives and fast-track procedures for future trade agreements (H.R. 2621), H10352 [8NO]

———impact of fast-track negotiating procedures on U.S. food safety laws, H8723-H8726 [8OC]

Forest Service: road construction funding, H5109 [10JY]

Great Lakes: zebra mussel infestation research funding, H3878 [18JN]

House Rules: repeal exception to the requirement that public committee proceedings be open to all media (H. Res. 301), H10602 [12NO]

Immigration: requirements for Canadian border boat landing permits (H.R. 2027), H7626 [23SE]

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1818), H5207 [15JY], H5384 [16JY]

Mexico: disapprove foreign aid certification of drug enforcement efforts (H.J. Res. 58), H967 [13MR]

Michigamme, MI: tribute, E1334 [26JN]

NAFTA: impact on employment and the economy, H7113, H7115 [9SE]

———impact on environmental issues, H7113, H7115 [9SE]

National Sea Grant College Program: reauthorization (H.R. 437), H3878 [18JN]

Native Americans: divide, use, and distribute certain judgment funds of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan (H.R. 1604), H10806 [13NO]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 25), H8723 [8OC]

Public lands: Payment In Lieu of Taxes Program funding, H5078 [10JY]

Schlenvogt, Harold and Virginia: Menominee, MI, Conservation District Conservation Farmers Award recipients, E2065 [23OC]

Schloegel, Tom and Pat: Menominee, MI, Conservation District Conservation Forestry Award recipients, E2065 [23OC]

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore: permit certain persons to continue to use and occupy certain areas, H5234, H5235 [15JY], H9540 [24OC]

Taxation: capital gains rates, H5398 [16JY]

———child tax credit, H5782 [25JY]

———rates, H4225 [24JN], H5012 [9JY], H5306, H5395, H5396, H5398 [16JY], H5901 [28JY]

———treatment of higher education expenses, H5902 [28JY]

Traverse City, MI: anniversary, E1586 [1AU]

Weapons: restrict the mail order sale of body armor (H.R. 959), H946 [12MR]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H5400 [16JY]

Tributes

Baraga, Frederic, E1340 [27JN]

Bergman, John, E2374 [13NO]

Clark, Eugene, E626 [10AP]

Shiroda, Donald L., E1250 [18JN]

Stupak, Frank, E2374 [13NO]

Sweeney, Eugene D., E1015 [22MY]

Welk, Alma Anna, E2390 [13NO]