CASTLE, MICHAEL N. (a Representative from Delaware)
Amendments
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1401), H4074 [10JN]
Education: empower teachers, improve student achievement through professional development for teachers, and reauthorize the Reading Excellence Act (H.R. 1995), H5887 [20JY]
Education Flexibility Partnership Demonstration Act: allow State participation in activities (H.R. 800), H1014 [4MR], H1070 [9MR], H1131 [10MR]
Appointments
Committee on Intelligence (House, Select), H248 [19JA]
Conferee: H.R. 800, Education Flexibility Partnership Act, H1567 [23MR]
———H.R. 1501, Juvenile Justice Reform Act, H6725 [30JY]
———H.R. 1555, intelligence services appropriations, H8523 [22SE]
———S. 900, Financial Services Act, H6738 [30JY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agriculture: repeal peanut quotas, reduce peanut loan rates, and require the Dept. of Agriculture to purchase peanuts for nutrition programs (see H.R. 2571), H6018 [20JY]
American Discovery Trail: designate (see H.R. 2339), H4910 [24JN]
Animals: ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally (see H.R. 453), H5335 [1JY]
———prohibit importation, sale, or manufacturing of products made with dog or cat fur (see H.R. 1622), H5179 [30JN]
———prohibit interstate commerce relative to exotic animals (see H.R. 1202), H1472 [18MR]
Appropriations: constitutional amendment on line-item veto (see H.J. Res. 9), H3171 [13MY]
Bankruptcy: amend laws (see H.R. 833), H2373 [27AP]
Birds: prohibit interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to States in which animal fighting is lawful (see H.R. 1275), H8628 [23SE]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced budget and greater accountability in the enactment of tax legislation (see H.J. Res. 1), H226 [6JA]
———establish 2-year cycle (see H.R. 2985), H9076 [30SE] (see H. Res. 396), H12793 [18NO]
———improve and strengthen budget process (see H.R. 853), H957 [3MR]
CERCLA: reauthorize and reform Superfund program and promote brownfields redevelopment (see H.R. 1300), H1799 [25MR]
Children and youth: issue postage stamp to emphasize the commitment to reunite missing children with their families and to honor memories of children who were victims of abduction and murder (see H. Con. Res. 114), H3711 [27MY]
China, Republic of: express sympathy for earthquake victims (see H. Res. 297), H8629 [23SE]
Community Development Financial Institutions Fund: reauthorize and improve (see H.R. 629), H3711 [27MY]
Computers: use, sale, and export of encryption products for privacy and security (see H.R. 2616), H6582 [27JY]
Correctional institutions: combat the overutilization of prison health care services and control prisoner health care costs (see H.R. 1349), H1802 [25MR]
Crime: improve the Federal capability to deal with child exploitation (see H.R. 1159), H1804 [25MR]
Dept. of Agriculture: authority relative to plant protection and quarantine (see H.R. 1504), H4342 [15JN]
———implementation of certain milk price structures as part of the implementation of the final rule to consolidate Federal milk marketing orders (see H.R. 1402), H2134 [15AP]
———regulate loans to certain processors of sugarcane and sugar beets (see H.R. 1850), H3295 [18MY]
Dept. of Defense: use available funds to implement special supplemental food benefit program for personnel stationed overseas (see H.R. 1779), H5839 [19JY]
Dept. of HUD: provide enhanced rental assistance vouchers for low-income elderly and disabled tenants of certain housing projects (see H.R. 1336), H10120 [14OC]
Dept. of Labor: require completion of a National Academy of Sciences study before implementing standards or guidelines on ergonomics (see H.R. 987), H2998 [11MY]
Dept. of the Treasury: develop and implement a strategy to combat money laundering (see H.R. 2896), H8467 [21SE]
Dept. of Transportation: conduct a study on improving the safety of persons present at roadside emergencies (see H.R. 1990), H6759 [30JY]
Diseases: increased support and funding to combat diabetes (see H. Res. 325), H11068 [27OC]
Drugs: impose economic sanctions on certain foreign persons involved in international narcotics trafficking (see H.R. 3164), H11143 [28OC]
Drunken driving: national standard to prohibit the operation of motor vehicles by intoxicated individuals (see H.R. 1595), H2468 [28AP]
Education: assist local educational agencies in enabling students to meet academic achievement standards (see H.R. 2300), H4734 [22JN]
———empower teachers, improve student achievement through professional development for teachers, and reauthorize the Reading Excellence Act (see H.R. 1995), H3710 [27MY]
———improve and refocus civic education (see H.R. 3195), H11371 [2NO]
———increase funding for Pell Grant awards and existing campus-based aid programs (see H. Con. Res. 88), H2202 [20AP]
———promote family literacy projects (see H.R. 3222), H11556 [4NO]
Employment: protect employer rights (see H.R. 1441), H2131 [15AP]
Explosives: Federal permit requirements for distribution or receipt of explosives (see H.R. 1584), H3860 [8JN]
Fair Labor Standards Act: permit certain youth to perform certain work with wood (see H.R. 221), H538 [9FE]
Families and domestic relations: recognize and enhance public awareness of the social problem of child abuse and neglect (see H. Con. Res. 76), H1868 [12AP]
———reduction of teenage pregnancy rates through evaluation of prevention programs (see H.R. 1636), H2544 [29AP]
FCC: establish improved predictive models for determining the availability of television broadcast signals (see H.R. 851), H1260 [11MR]
Federal employees: allow for the contribution of rollover distributions to accounts and eliminate waiting-period requirements for participation in the Thrift Savings Plan (see H.R. 208), H272 [19JA]
50 States Commemorative Coin Program Act: include District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands (see H.R. 1029), H1019 [8MR]
Financial institutions: prevent personal financial information from being obtained under false pretenses (see H.R. 30), H225 [6JA]
———provide framework for the affiliation of banks, securities firms, and other financial service providers (see H.R. 10), H231 [7JA]
Firearms: protect children from violence (see H.R. 1342), H1973 [13AP]
———regulation of transfers at gun shows (see H.R. 109), H235 [7JA] (see H.R. 902), H889 [2MR]
Firefighters: acknowledge the dedication and sacrifice made by men and women who have lost their lives in the line of duty (see H. Res. 203), H5336 [1JY]
Foreign policy: provide bilateral debt relief and improve the provision of multilateral debt relief (see H.R. 1095), H11955 [10NO]
FRS: require unregulated hedge funds to submit regular reports to the Board of Governors and make such reports available to the public (see H.R. 2924), H8627 [23SE]
Gambling: require certain notices in any mailing using a game of chance for the promotion of a product or service (see H.R. 170), H1163 [10MR]
Government: promote federalism, protect reserved powers of the States, and impose accountability for Federal preemption of State and local laws (see H.R. 2245), H4470 [16JN]
Hesburgh, Theodore M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1932), H3860 [8JN]
House of Representatives: require that excess amounts from Members' official allowances be applied to deficit reduction (see H.R. 2171), H4128 [10JN]
Housing: expand homeownership (see H.R. 1776), H4223 [14JN]
Immigration: modify implementation requirements for automated entry and exit control systems (see H.R. 1650), H4912 [24JN]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: funding (see H. Con. Res. 84), H1972 [13AP]
International relations: commend Greece and Turkey for mutual humanitarian assistance and rescue relief relative to earthquakes (see H. Con. Res. 188), H10340 [19OC]
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1150), H1406 [17MR]
Library of Congress: assemble a written history of the House of Representatives for publication (see H.R. 2303), H4734 [22JN]
Medicaid: coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services for certain women screened under federally funded programs (see H.R. 1070), H2921 [6MY]
Medicare: increase payment for pap smear laboratory tests (see H.R. 976), H9899 [12OC]
———payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate medical education programs (see H.R. 1579), H8469 [21SE]
Middle East: oppose unilateral declaration of a Palestinian State (see H. Con. Res. 24), H1268 [15MR]
National Commission on the Prevention of School Violence: establish (see H.R. 1556), H2304 [26AP]
National discovery trails: establish (see H.R. 2339), H4910 [24JN]
National Flood Insurance Program: improve predisaster mitigation and facilitate voluntary buyouts of repetitively flooded properties (see H.R. 2728), H10033 [13OC]
NIH: expansion, intensification, and coordination of autism research activities (see H.R. 997), H3392 [19MY]
Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact: reauthorize and modify conditions (see H.R. 1604), H2469 [28AP]
Nutrition: establish a national folic acid education program to prevent birth defects (see H.R. 2538), H11557 [4NO]
OSHA: issue regulations to eliminate or minimize the significant risk of needlestick injury to health care workers (see H.R. 1899), H12226 [17NO]
Parks, Rosa: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 573), H1013 [4MR]
Patents: enhance protection for inventors, innovators, and patent terms, and reduce patent litigation (see H.R. 1907), H6599 [29JY]
———provide term restoration review procedure for certain drug products (see H.R. 1598), H6019 [20JY]
Pennsylvania: protect and conduct a study of Paoli and Brandywine Battlefields and authorize the Valley Forge Museum of the American Revolution (see H.R. 659), H538 [9FE]
Petroleum: authorize oilheat industry research and consumer education programs (see H.R. 380), H379 [2FE]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 417), H271 [19JA]
Public buildings: placement of automatic external defibrillators to assist individuals who experience cardiac arrest and protections from civil liability relative to emergency use of the devices (see H.R. 2498), H7997 [8SE]
Right to Financial Privacy Act: prevent financial exploitation of older or disabled individuals (see H.R. 2062), H3858 [8JN]
Small business: provide grants to microenterprise organizations to assist disadvantaged entrepreneurs using funds from the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (see H.R. 413), H3860 [8JN]
Social Security: expand health care coverage for working, disabled individuals and establish a Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program to provide work opportunities for such individuals (see H.R. 1180), H1597 [23MR]
———provide a safe harbor under the anti-kickback statute for hospital restocking of certain ambulance drugs and supplies (see H.R. 557), H2810 [5MY]
Southern Dairy Compact: congressional consent (see H.R. 1604), H2469 [28AP]
Special days and holidays: specify that the legal public holiday known as Washington's Birthday be called by that name (see H.R. 1363), H1865 [12AP]
Taxation: constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (see H.J. Res. 37), H1258 [11MR]
———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see H.R. 1172), H1804 [25MR]
———increase State cap on private activity bonds (see H.R. 864), H5687 [15JY]
———modify the low-income housing credit (see H.R. 175), H2921 [6MY]
———prohibit the imposition of access fees on Internet service providers (see H.R. 1291), H1973 [13AP]
———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 531), H2054 [14AP]
Telephones: prohibit telemarketers from interfering with a consumers caller identification service (see H.R. 3100), H11557 [4NO]
———protect consumers against slamming and cramming and provide jurisdiction over deceptive trade practices to the FTC (see H.R. 2727), H10611 [20OC]
Treaties and agreements: authorize the President to provide regulatory credit for voluntary early action to lessen environmental impacts from greenhouse gas emissions (see H.R. 2520), H5571 [14JY]
TVA: authorize repurchase of certain bonds (see H.R. 140), H378 [2FE]
Vietnam Veterans Memorial: place a plaque to honor those veterans who died after their service, but as a direct result of that service (see H.R. 3293), H11952 [10NO]
Water pollution: estuary conservation and management programs funding (see H.R. 1237), H11372 [2NO]
———restore estuary habitats through more efficient financing of projects and the enhanced coordination of Federal and non-Federal programs (see H.R. 1775), H10032 [13OC]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Budget: establish a budget reserve account for emergencies (see H.R. 537), H417 [3FE]
Children and youth: provide for grants, a national clearinghouse, and a report to improve the quality and availability of after-school programs (see H.R. 1307), H1800 [25MR]
Coastal Barrier Resources System: technical corrections to map system (see H.R. 535), H417 [3FE]
Education Flexibility Partnership Demonstration Act: allow State participation in activities (see H.R. 800), H716 [23FE]
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 905), H889 [2MR]
Runaway and Homeless Youth Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 905), H889 [2MR]
SBA: establish a regional or branch office in each State (see H.R. 536), H417 [3FE]
Tariff: azoxystrobin (Heritage, Abound, and Quadris) (see H.R. 3371), H11971 [15NO]
———benzyl carbazate (DT-291) (see H.R. 3366), H11971 [15NO]
———IN-N5297 (see H.R. 3370), H11971 [15NO]
———KL084 (see H.R. 3369), H11971 [15NO]
———KN002 (see H.R. 3368), H11971 [15NO]
———tralkoxydim (Achieve) (see H.R. 3367), H11971 [15NO]
Remarks
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 1906), H3635, H3636 [26MY]
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 1141), H1617 [24MR]
———making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 1141), motion to instruct conferees, H3141 [13MY]
———making omnibus consolidated and emergency supplemental appropriations, H12802
———prohibit the inclusion of non-emergency spending in emergency supplemental appropriations legislation, H3141 [13MY]
Arson Awareness Week: observance, E889
Bridgeville, DE: tribute to Woodbridge High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, E938
Budget: enforcement of spending caps on appropriations legislation to protect Social Security trust funds, H3635, H3636 [26MY]
———provide discretionary spending offsets (H.R. 3085), H10227 [19OC]
Bureau of the Census: funding relative to emergency designation, H7213, H7214 [4AU]
Children and youth: provide for grants, a national clearinghouse, and a report to improve the quality and availability of after-school programs (H.R. 1307), E573
Coastal Barrier Resources System: technical corrections to map system (S. 574), H12845
Corps of Engineers: reauthorizing water resources development programs (H.R. 1480), H2486
Courts: apply principles of Federal diversity jurisdiction to interstate class actions (H.R. 1875), E1960
Crime: promote accountability for violent and repeat juvenile offenders (H.R. 1501), H4512 [17JN]
Delaware River: channel deepening project funding, H2486
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1401), H3968 [9JN], H4081 [10JN]
———report on investigation of space launch failures, H4081 [10JN]
Dept. of Education: Title I Concentration Grants funding for local school districts relative to school-age population and poverty, H10630, H10631 [21OC]
Dept. of Energy: require annual report on counterintelligence and security practices at national laboratories, H3968 [9JN]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2670), H7213, H7214 [4AU]
District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 3194), conference report, H12802
Dodson, MT: deem application for Impact Aid Program payments for the Dodson Public School District as timely submitted (S. 447), H1088, H1089 [10MR]
Education: assist local educational agencies in enabling students to meet academic achievement standards (H.R. 2300), H10694 [21OC]
———assist local educational agencies in enabling students to meet academic achievement standards (H.R. 2300), consideration (H. Res. 338), H10687 [21OC]
———disadvantaged student assistance programs funding, H10639 [21OC]
———empower teachers, improve student achievement through professional development for teachers, and reauthorize the Reading Excellence Act (H.R. 1995), H5866, H5887, H5888, H5913 [20JY]
———include science among subjects requiring State standards and assessments, H10648 [21OC]
———increase funding for Pell Grant awards and existing campus-based aid programs (H. Con. Res. 88), E703
———provide for teacher technology training, H5887, H5888 [20JY]
———reduce class size and improve teacher quality, H5866, H5913 [20JY]
———reductions in school class size, H1551 [23MR]
———spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on children's classrooms (H.R. 2), H10420 [20OC], H10630, H10631, H10639, H10648 [21OC]
———support teachers (H. Res. 157), H2582 [4MY]
Education Flexibility Partnership Demonstration Act: allow State participation in activities (H.R. 800), H1091, H1116, H1124, H1131, H1134 [10MR], E265
———allow State participation in activities (H.R. 800), conference report, H2212 [21AP]
———allow State participation in activities (H.R. 800), consideration (H. Res. 100), H1086 [10MR]
———allow State participation in activities (H.R. 800), motion to instruct conferees, H1551 [23MR]
———clarify State oversight and reporting requirements, H1131 [10MR]
———ensure that increased flexibility leads to improved student achievement, H1116, H1124 [10MR]
———prohibit waivers relative to serving schools with high low-income student populations, H1134 [10MR]
Elections: require that a majority of congressional campaign contributions come from State residents, H8251, H8252 [14SE]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2605), E1708
Families and domestic relations: reduction of teenage pregnancy rates through evaluation of prevention programs (H.R. 1636), H3067 [12MY], E821
Financial institutions: provide framework for the affiliation of banks, securities firms, and other financial service providers (H.R. 10), H5237 [1JY]
———provide framework for the affiliation of banks, securities firms, and other financial service providers (S. 900), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 355), H11517 [4NO]
Firearms: regulation of transfers at gun shows (H.R. 2122), H4589, H4600 [17JN], H4650 [18JN]
———shorten turn around time for background checks at gun shows, allow face to face deals between gun dealers, and increase penalties for the criminal use of guns with large capacity ammunition feeding devices, H4589 [17JN]
Foreign policy: provide bilateral debt relief and improve the provision of multilateral debt relief, H12816
Foreign trade: miscellaneous and technical changes to various trade laws (H.R. 435), E228
Government regulations: analyze impact and improve congressional deliberation of proposed Federal private sector mandates (H.R. 350), H559
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: funding, H769 [24FE], H1551 [23MR]
———funding (H. Con. Res. 84), H2565 [4MY], E623
Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1555), H3118 [13MY]
———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1555), conference report, H11759 [9NO]
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act: authorizing appropriations, H4512 [17JN]
———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1150), E500
Kosovo: prohibit funding for deployment of U.S. Armed Forces unless authorized by law (H.R. 1569), H2399
Littleton, CO: mourn the loss of life, condemn the deadly violence, and commend law enforcement officials that assisted at Columbine High School (H. Con. Res. 92), H2328 [27AP]
Monihan, E. James: National Volunteer Fire Council Mason Lankford Fire Service Leadership Award recipient, E774
NASA: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1654), E1054
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children: authorizing appropriations (S. 249), H3513, H3516, H3520 [25MY]
National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month: observance, H3067 [12MY], E934
National TRIO Day: observance, H663 [23FE]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 417), H8251, H8252, H8283 [14SE]
———ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 417), consideration (H. Res. 283), H8182 [14SE]
Public safety officers: establish national medal for those who act with extraordinary valor above and beyond the call of duty (H.R. 46), E646
Runaway and Homeless Youth Act: reauthorize (S. 249), H3513, H3516, H3520 [25MY]
Schools: expand after-school programs to control juvenile crime and violence, E439
Securities: limit class action lawsuits under State law, E1960
Serbia: authorize the President to conduct military air operations and missile strikes (S. Con. Res. 21), H2399
———declaration of war (H.J. Res. 44), H2399
———direct the President to withdraw U.S. Armed Forces pursuant to the War Powers Resolution (H. Con. Res. 82), H2399
Social Security: grants for projects designed to promote responsible fatherhood (H.R. 3073), H11879 [10NO]
Space policy: TransHab technology research and development funding, E1054
Tariff: azoxystrobin (Heritage, Abound, and Quadris) (H.R. 3371), E2385
———benzyl carbazate (DT-291) (H.R. 3366), E2385
———IN-N5297 (H.R. 3370), E2385
———KL084 (H.R. 3369), E2385
———KN002 (H.R. 3368), E2385
———tralkoxydim (Achieve) (H.R. 3367), E2385
Taxation: reduce individual income tax rates, provide marriage penalty and estate and gift tax relief, reduce taxes on savings and investments, and establish incentives for education and health care (H.R. 2488), H6213
———reduce individual income tax rates, provide marriage penalty and estate and gift tax relief, reduce taxes on savings and investments, and establish incentives for education and health care (H.R. 2488), conference report, H7271
U.S. Fire Administration: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1550), E978
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H3084 [12MY]
Tributes
Horne, Howard F., Jr., E1408
Vincent, Michael H., E1884
Workman, Bonnie, E1884