UPTON, FRED (a Representative from Michigan)

Addresses

``If Not Now....'': Mary Fisher, Family AIDS Network, E879 [8MY]

Amendments

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2204), H8900 [21OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Animals: conservation of Asian elephants (see H.R. 1787), H3476 [4JN]

Armed Forces: procedures for determining status of certain missing members (see H.R. 409), H5177 [11JY]

Army: close School of the Americas (see H.R. 611), H1892 [24AP]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: prohibit use of appropriated Federal funds for the deployment of Armed Forces after a certain date (see H.R. 1172), H2157 [1MY]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1), H154 [9JA]

———establish a budget reserve account for emergencies (see H.R. 457), H1018 [13MR]

———establish a deficit reduction trust fund and reduce discretionary spending limits (see H.R. 126), H286 [4FE]

———reform process (see H.R. 1372), H1704 [17AP]

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

Business and industry: improve and expand employee health care programs (see H.R. 1515), H2155 [1MY]

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

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

Computers: use, sale, and export of encryption products for privacy and security (see H.R. 695), H521 [12FE]

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), H6407 [30JY]

———moratorium on certain class action lawsuits (see H.R. 1283), H3170 [21MY]

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

Dept. of HHS: prohibit payments to hospitals for reducing the number of residents in graduate medical education programs (see H.R. 2600), H8299 [1OC]

Dept. of Labor: establish programs to educate the public on retirement savings (see H.R. 1377), H1705 [17AP]

Dept. of the Treasury: treatment of partnership distributions to limited partners (see H.R. 1247), H3170 [21MY]

Diseases: payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H2874 [16MY]

Drugs: defer effective dates for approving certain drug applications (see H.R. 1727), H3202 [22MY]

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), H3203 [22MY]

Education: allow consolidation of direct student loans (see H.R. 2535), H7830 [24SE]

———ensure that funding is not used to promote the teaching or use of regional or group dialects (see H.R. 1203), H1289 [21MR]

Employment: protect employer rights (see H.R. 758), H1542 [15AP]

———provide compensatory time for all employees (see H.R. 1), H66 [7JA], H138 [9JA]

Energy Policy Act: take into account newly developed renewable energy-based fuels and equalize alternative fuel vehicle acquisition incentives (see H.R. 2568), H8265 [30SE]

English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 123), H244 [21JA]

EPA: distribution of funds to States for cooperative agreements relative to underground storage tanks (see H.R. 688), H629 [25FE]

———prohibit establishment of new standards for ozone or particulate matter before existing standards have been attained (see H.R. 1984), H4086 [19JN]

FCC: revise television station ownership rules relative to local marketing agreements (see H.R. 1859), H3659 [10JN]

FDA: allow low-dose irradiation of red meat (see H.R. 2480), H7364 [16SE]

———approval and development of new drugs and biological products (see H.R. 1411), H7365 [16SE]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: development, clearance, and use of certain devices (see H.R. 1710), H3201 [22MY]

Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act: improve regulation of food ingredients, nutrient content claims, and health claims (see H.R. 2469), H7262 [11SE]

Federal Prison Industries: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (see H.R. 2758), H9729 [29OC]

Firearms: applicability of domestic violence-related possession prohibitions to convictions that predate enactment of such prohibitions (see H.R. 26), H804 [6MR]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 54), H950 [12MR]

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: procure from the private sector the goods and services necessary to operate and manage certain agencies (see H.R. 716), H3169 [21MY]

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

Health: develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth defects (see H.R. 1114), H8929 [21OC]

———limitations on disclosure and use of genetic information (see H.R. 2198), H5486 [17JY]

———standardize relationships between group health plans and health insurers relative to enrollees, health professionals, and providers (see H.R. 1415), H7601 [18SE]

House of Representatives: require that excess amounts from Members' official allowances be applied to deficit reduction (see H.R. 80), H1112 [18MR]

Immigration: admittance of temporary and seasonal agricultural workers (see H.R. 2377), H9039 [22OC]

———arrival and departure requirements for Canadian citizens relative to automated entry and exit control systems (see H.R. 2481), H9559 [24OC]

Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (see H.R. 815), H7830 [24SE]

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]

Israel: anniversary of reunification of Jerusalem (see H. Con. Res. 60), H2091 [30AP]

Labor: allow cooperative efforts between management and labor to improve economic competitiveness (see H.R. 634), H1262 [20MR]

Labor unions: inform workers of their rights relative to the payment of dues or fees to labor organizations (see H.R. 1625), H8833 [9OC]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for services (see H.R. 2497), H7599 [18SE]

———bone mass measurements (see H.R. 1002), H2874 [16MY]

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

———improve health services to rural areas (see H.R. 554), H284 [4FE]

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

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (see H.J. Res. 2), H154 [9JA]

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

National Commission on the Cost of Higher Education: establish (see H.R. 1511), H2155 [1MY]

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), H3274 [3JN]

NLRB: recovery of attorneys' fees by small businesses and labor organizations who prevail in proceedings (see H.R. 2449), H7528 [17SE]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: amend (see H.R. 2579), H10421 [8NO]

Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring: establish (see H.R. 2431), H8727 [8OC]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 2183), H9865 [31OC]

———require worker approval for use of labor organization dues and fees for political activities (see H.R. 2608), H8437 [6OC]

Radio: clarify the authority of the FCC to authorize foreign investment in U.S. broadcast and common carrier radio licenses (see H.R. 954), H767 [5MR]

Real property: preserve Federal sovereignty of certain public lands and preserve certain State and private property rights (see H.R. 901), H3204 [22MY]

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), H890 [11MR]

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport: designate (see H.R. 2625), H9730 [29OC]

Securities: limit the conduct of securities class actions under State law (see H.R. 1689), H6407 [30JY]

Small business: liability requirements for remediation of dry cleaning solvents (see H.R. 1711), H5132 [10JY]

Social Security: use of current level disability benefits for blind individuals in certain earnings test disability determinations (see H.R. 464), H243 [21JA]

Solid waste: congressional authorization for restrictions on receipt of out of State municipal solid waste (see H.R. 1346), H2091 [30AP]

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

Taxation: allow married couples to file combined return under which each spouse is taxed using rates applicable to single filers (see H.R. 2456), H7261 [11SE]

———application of the alternative minimum tax to installment sales of farm property (see H.R. 426), H804 [6MR]

———capital gains rates (see H.R. 14), H156 [9JA]

———deductibility of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals and the business use of the home, and clarification of contractor/employee status (see H.R. 1145), H3204 [22MY]

———encourage competition and tax fairness and protect the tax base of State and local governments (see H.R. 1168), H3274 [3JN]

———increase State cap on private activity bonds (see H.R. 979), H7199 [10SE]

———individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 446), H286 [4FE]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see H.R. 902), H10421 [8NO]

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

———treatment of employee benefits for staffing firms (see H.R. 1891), H10421 [8NO]

———treatment of employer-provided and graduate level educational assistance (see H.R. 127), H244 [21JA]

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

———treatment of golf caddies (see H.R. 2321), H9502 [23OC]

———treatment of timeshare homeowner associations (see H.R. 1350), H2157 [1MY]

Telecommunications: promote competition and privatization in satellite communications (see H.R. 1872), H5487 [17JY]

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), H1988 [29AP]

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]

———reauthorize highway construction and surface transportation funding (see H.R. 674), H6706 [31JY]

Treaties and agreements: conditions for the U.S. becoming a signatory to any international agreement on greenhouse gas emissions (see H. Res. 211), H9559 [24OC]

TVA: phase out Federal funding (see H.R. 603), H1187 [19MR]

Veterans: expand range of criminal offenses resulting in forfeiture of benefits (see H.R. 1955), H3923 [18JN]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 65), H6918 [4SE]

Volunteer workers: allow State and local government workers to perform volunteer services for their employer without requiring overtime pay (see H.R. 484), H5826 [25JY]

———grant immunity from personal civil liability during work on behalf of governmental entities or nonprofit organizations (see H.R. 911), H3070 [20MY]

Weapons: restrict the use of funds for new deployments of antipersonnel landmines (see H.R. 2459), H7261 [11SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Diseases: research programs for Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1260), H1391 [9AP]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: classification and performance standards for devices (see H.R. 1527), H2156 [1MY]

———requirements relative to health claims on food labels (see H.R. 2208), H5569 [22JY]

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

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), H7118 [9SE]

Members of Congress: prohibit representation of foreign governments after leaving office (see H.R. 97), H70 [7JA], H142 [9JA]

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

Taxation: eliminate State requirement to pay unemployment compensation on election worker services (see H.R. 961), H767 [5MR]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H3205 [27MY]

Letters

Tribute to Jonna L. Cullen: Senators Lott and Cochran and Representatives Upton and Nancy Johnson, H3806 [17JN]

Lists

Restrictions on LSC grantees, H7863 [25SE]

Obituaries

Cullen, Jonna L.: Washington (DC) Post, H3806 [17JN]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H3205 [27MY]

Remarks

Agriculture: prohibit coverage of tobacco by Federal crop insurance programs, H5697 [24JY]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2160), H5697 [24JY]

AIDS Drug Assistance Program: support, E879 [8MY]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), H4575 [25JN]

———reform process and enforce the bipartisan balanced budget agreement (H.R. 2003), H5603 [23JY]

Buy American Act: compliance, H9705 [29OC]

Capps, Walter H.: tribute (H. Res. 286), H9624 [29OC]

Children and youth: provide health insurance for uninsured children, H4575 [25JN]

China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res. 79), H4264 [24JN]

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2204), H8900, H8901 [21OC]

———operation and maintenance of foghorns along Lake Michigan, H8900, H8901 [21OC]

Dept. of Energy: assess fees on certain reactors relative to operating costs, H9704 [29OC]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2107), H5149 [11JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2267), H7859, H7863 [25SE]

Diseases: research programs for Parkinson's disease (H.R. 1260), E616 [9AP]

Education: vocational education funding (H.R. 1853), H5419 [17JY]

Employment: provide compensatory time for all employees (H.R. 1), H1152 [19MR]

EPA: prohibit establishment of new standards for ozone or particulate matter before existing standards have been attained (H.R. 1984), E1286 [20JN]

———radiation protection standards, H9702 [29OC]

FDA: approval and development of new drugs and biological products (H.R. 1411), H8478 [7OC]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: classification and performance standards for devices (H.R. 1527), E813 [1MY]

———requirements relative to health claims on food labels (H.R. 2208), E1471 [22JY]

Hazardous substances: designate Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site, H9669 [29OC]

———emergency response personnel requirements relative to transportation of nuclear fuel and waste, H9696, H9699 [29OC]

———nuclear waste disposal (H.R. 1270), H9669, H9694, H9696, H9699, H9702, H9704, H9705 [29OC]

Journal: question of approval, H4290 [24JN]

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 (H.R. 2424), H6923 [5SE]

LSC: funding, H7859, H7863 [25SE]

NASA: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1275), H1840 [24AP]

National Endowment for the Arts: replace funding with block grants to States, H5149 [11JY]

Nuclear Waste Policy Act: require risk assessment study and cost benefit analysis, H9694, H9696 [29OC]

Portage, MI: anniversary of Portage School District, E720 [23AP]

Space policy: space station program funding, H1840 [24AP]

Votes: position on missed, H5893 [28JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H1434 [10AP], H1538 [15AP], H2782 [15MY], H4219 [23JN], H5775 [24JY]

Tributes

Cullen, Jonna L., H2867, H2869 [16MY], H3806 [17JN]

Schuitmaker, Harold, H5985 [29JY]