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
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
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
Danner, Peter: International Institute of Flint Golden Door Award recipient, E1979
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
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
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
———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
———tribute to Pan-Hellenic Council honorees, E228
———tribute to Thousand Woman March, E2350
Florida: clarification of certain rights of the Miccosukee Tribe (H.R. 1476), H8070 [29SE]
Genessee County, MI: Hispanic Independence Award recipients, E2346
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
Lake Orion, MI: tribute to Youth to Youth/Pride Program, E2092
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
National Lighthouse Museum: establish (H.R. 2895), E2237
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
Oakland County, MI: Catholic Social Services of Oakland County anniversary, E2080
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
Siegel, Kenneth: ACLU Baltus Civil Libertarian of the Year award recipient, E741
St. Helena Island National Scenic Area: establish (H.R. 1733), E1041
WIC: funding, H5556 [22JY]
Tributes
Chavez, Cesar, E698
Chavez, Richard, E698
Daubendiek, Bertha, E697
Epps, Sandra, E1230
Fedewa, Joanne, E1860
Ford, Patricia, E928
Grantner, Gerald, E928
Hawkins, Willa J., E225
Hillman, Marlan, E1509
Howald, Robert W., E1279
Johnson, Amos G., E1917
Jumanne, Monifa A., E1399
Lent, Bob, E1342
Marshall, Stan, E1838
McCree, Edward L., Sr., E1210
McLaughlin, Marvin, E928
Mosher, Donald J., E308
O'Neill, Raymond G., E1078
Pryor, Pauline, E437
Sain, Dan, E1740
Spencer, J. Merrill and Edith P., E1197
Stephens, Earl W., E1277