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
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
———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
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
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
FDA: approval and development of new drugs and biological products (H.R. 1411), E2009
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
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
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
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
Schloegel, Tom and Pat: Menominee, MI, Conservation District Conservation Forestry Award recipients, E2065
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore: permit certain persons to continue to use and occupy certain areas, H5234, H5235 [15JY], H9540
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
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
Bergman, John, E2374
Clark, Eugene, E626
Shiroda, Donald L., E1250
Stupak, Frank, E2374
Sweeney, Eugene D., E1015
Welk, Alma Anna, E2390