UPTON, FRED (a Representative from Michigan)
Amendments
Agriculture: strengthen safety net for agricultural producers and improve efficiency and integrity of the Federal crop insurance program (H.R. 2559), H8968 [28SE], H8990 [29SE]
Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 820), H1379 [17MR]
Appointments
Canada-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, H3715 [7JN]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Appropriations: constitutional amendment on line-item veto (see H.J. Res. 9), H1164 [10MR]
Arlington National Cemetery: enact into law eligibility requirements for interment (see H.R. 70), H378 [2FE]
Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 2966), H11854 [9NO]
Army: close School of the Americas (see H.R. 732), H957 [3MR]
Bankruptcy: amend laws (see H.R. 833), H2054 [14AP]
Budget: establish a budget reserve account for emergencies (see H.R. 537), H417 [3FE]
———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), H1336 [16MR]
Business and industry: recovery of attorneys' fees by small businesses and labor organizations who prevail in proceedings brought by NLRB or OSHA (see H.R. 1987), H6599 [29JY]
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: surveillance and research of autism and related developmental diseases to implement effective treatment and prevention strategies (see H.R. 274), H5093 [29JN]
CERCLA: reauthorize and reform Superfund program and promote brownfields redevelopment (see H.R. 1300), H5335 [1JY]
Children and youth: establish programs for early detection, diagnosis and intervention of hearing loss in newborns (see H.R. 1193), H1472 [18MR]
———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]
Clinton, President: address issues of neighborhood crime prevention, community policing and reduction of school crime (see H. Res. 270), H6759 [30JY]
———conditional clemency for prisoners convicted of crimes connected to activities of Puerto Rican nationalist group (see H. Con. Res. 180), H7996 [8SE]
Computers: use, sale, and export of encryption products for privacy and security (see H.R. 850), H814 [25FE]
Congress: make certain information available to the public on the Internet (see H.R. 654), H1474 [18MR]
Council of Conservative Citizens: condemn racist and bigoted views (see H. Res. 35), H958 [3MR]
Courts: apply principles of Federal diversity jurisdiction to interstate class actions (see H.R. 1875), H3392 [19MY]
Death and dying: promote pain management and palliative care without permitting assisted suicide and euthanasia (see H.R. 2260), H5573 [14JY]
Dept. of HUD: establish consensus committee for development, revision, and interpretation of safety standards for manufactured home construction (see H.R. 710), H3212 [14MY]
Dept. of Labor: require completion of a National Academy of Sciences study before implementing standards or guidelines on ergonomics (see H.R. 987), H1408 [17MR]
Diseases: expand research activities relative to lupus (see H.R. 762), H957 [3MR]
———increase public awareness, encourage regular testing and examinations, and extend research programs for prostate cancer (see H. Res. 211), H4471 [16JN]
———increased support and funding to combat diabetes (see H. Res. 325), H10725 [21OC]
———promote research into, and the development of an ultimate cure for, the disease known as fragile X (see H.R. 1445), H3393 [19MY]
Drugs: registration requirements for practitioners who dispense narcotic drugs for maintenance or detoxification treatment (see H.R. 2634), H10770 [25OC]
Ecology and environment: encourage State response programs for contaminated sites, remove barriers to cleanup of brownfield sites, and return contaminated sites to economically productive or other beneficial uses (see H.R. 2580), H6198 [21JY]
Education: assist local educational agencies in enabling students to meet academic achievement standards (see H.R. 2300), H7886 [5AU]
———empower teachers, improve student achievement through professional development for teachers, and reauthorize the Reading Excellence Act (see H.R. 1995), H5336 [1JY]
———give gifted and talented students the opportunity to develop their capabilities (see H.R. 637), H7996 [8SE]
Education Flexibility Partnership Demonstration Act: allow State participation in activities (see H.R. 800), H716 [23FE]
Employment: protect employer rights (see H.R. 1441), H2131 [15AP]
Energy Policy and Conservation Act: eliminate certain plumbing supply regulations (see H.R. 623), H481 [8FE]
EPA: require discharges from combined storm and sanitary sewers conform to the combined sewer overflow control policy (see H.R. 828), H2470 [28AP]
Families and domestic relations: recognize importance of strong marriages and the contributions that community marriage policies have made to the strength of marriages (see H. Res. 280), H7885 [5AU]
FCC: establish improved predictive models for determining the availability of television broadcast signals (see H.R. 851), H814 [25FE]
FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2129), H4127 [10JN]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: require persons who reprocess medical devices to comply with certain safety requirements (see H.R. 3148), H10861 [26OC]
Federal Prison Industries: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (see H.R. 2551), H5838 [19JY]
FEMA: make grants to fire departments to improve public safety against fire and fire-related hazards (see H.R. 1168), H1407 [17MR]
Financial institutions: promote openness, transparency, and efficiency in international government procurement through capacity building and third-party procurement monitoring (see H.R. 3116), H11854 [9NO]
———records and reports on monetary instruments transactions (see H.R. 518), H2546 [29AP]
———safeguard confidential banking and credit union information (see H.R. 516), H416 [3FE]
Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 33), H795 [24FE]
Food Quality Protection Act: establish certain requirements (see H.R. 1592), H6199 [21JY]
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 regulations: accounting of costs and benefits (see H.R. 1074), H1474 [18MR]
Great Lakes: moratorium on export of bulk fresh water until certain conditions are met (see H.R. 2973), H9021 [29SE]
———prohibit oil and gas drilling (see H.R. 1205), H3087 [12MY]
Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (see H.R. 1304), H10174 [18OC]
———assure coverage of emergency services under group health plans and health insurance (see H.R. 904), H889 [2MR]
———ensure confidentiality of medical records and health care-related information (see H.R. 2470), H5366 [12JY]
———limitations on disclosure and use of genetic information (see H.R. 2555), H5838 [19JY]
———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 448), H375 [2FE]
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. 431), H374 [2FE] (see H.R. 2171), H4128 [10JN]
Housing: expand homeownership (see H.R. 1776), H3860 [8JN]
Human rights: expedite the declassification of certain documents relating to human rights abuses in Guatemala and Honduras and other regions (see H.R. 1625), H3711 [27MY]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: funding (see H. Con. Res. 84), H1972 [13AP]
Indonesia: prohibit economic assistance until the results of the referendum in East Timor have been fully implemented (see H.R. 2809), H8968 [28SE]
Insurance: prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 306), H4822 [23JN]
———provide nondiscriminatory coverage of substance abuse treatment services under private group and individual health coverage (see H.R. 1977), H3709 [27MY]
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1150), H1406 [17MR]
Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1093), H8099 [9SE]
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]
———establish a new prospective payment system for federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics (see H.R. 2341), H10724 [21OC]
———prohibit transfers or discharges of residents of nursing facilities (see H.R. 540), H586 [10FE]
———treatment of payments made as a result of tobacco industry liability settlement (see H.R. 351), H957 [3MR]
Medicare: coverage of medical nutrition therapy services (see H.R. 1187), H1471 [18MR]
———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs for low-income beneficiaries and provision of stop-loss protection for outpatient prescription drug expenses (see H.R. 2925), H10725 [21OC]
———exempt certain beneficiaries from financial limitations imposed on physical, speech-language pathology, and occupational therapy services (see H.R. 1837), H3461 [20MY]
———reform (see H.R. 3075), H11645 [5NO]
———reimbursement for nurse-midwife services and free-standing birth centers (see H.R. 2817), H7996 [8SE]
———waive waiting period for coverage and provide coverage of drugs for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (see H.R. 353), H3296 [18MY]
Middle East: oppose unilateral declaration of a Palestinian State (see H. Con. Res. 24), H1336 [16MR]
Motor vehicles: average fuel economy standards for automobiles (see H.R. 1992), H3710 [27MY]
National Commission on the Prevention of School Violence: establish (see H.R. 1556), H2374 [27AP]
National Writing Project: improve (see H.R. 1456), H2131 [15AP]
NATO: recommend the integration of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (see H. Con. Res. 21), H645 [11FE]
Natural resources: establish a fund to meet the outdoor conservation and recreation needs of the American people (see H.R. 701), H3171 [13MY]
NIH: expansion, intensification, and coordination of autism research activities (see H.R. 997), H2921 [6MY]
———improve and expand clinical research programs (see H.R. 1798), H5179 [30JN]
NLRB: inflation adjustments to the mandatory jurisdiction thresholds (see H.R. 1620), H6599 [29JY]
Parks, Rosa: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 573), H1013 [4MR]
Pensions: reform (see H.R. 1102), H3861 [8JN]
Petroleum: authorize oilheat industry research and consumer education programs (see H.R. 380), H2133 [15AP]
Postal Service: guidelines for renovation, relocation, closing, or consolidation of post offices (see H.R. 670), H12226 [17NO]
Public Health Service Act: provide certain children's health services (see H.R. 3301), H11953 [10NO]
Real property: preserve Federal sovereignty of certain public lands and preserve certain State and private property rights (see H.R. 883), H1474 [18MR]
Refuse disposal: State control of municipal solid waste transportation and disposal (see H.R. 1190), H1472 [18MR]
SEC: limit collection of certain fees (see H.R. 2441), H6965 [3AU]
Social Security: allow diversion of percentage of payroll tax payments into personal investment plans and extend the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program (see H.R. 1793), H4912 [24JN]
———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), H1471 [18MR]
———make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act (see H.R. 3146), H10861 [26OC]
Sports: reform unfair and anticompetitive practices in professional boxing (see H.R. 1832), H8556 [22SE]
Sudan: condemn government for genocide in southern Sudan, support for terrorism, and human rights violations (see H. Con. Res. 75), H1697 [24MR]
Tariff: grape juice concentrates (see H.R. 194), H2133 [15AP]
Taxation: allow deduction for charitable contributions to individuals who do not itemize other deductions (see H.R. 1310), H9303 [4OC]
———allow designation of income tax refunds for use in NIH biomedical research programs (see H.R. 785), H2998 [11MY]
———allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts (see H.R. 957), H3461 [20MY]
———allow small business employers a credit for certain expenses for long-term training of employees in highly skilled small business trades (see H.R. 1824), H6583 [27JY]
———constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (see H.J. Res. 37), H1258 [11MR]
———deduction for interest paid on debt secured by a first or second home (see H. Con. Res. 7), H1408 [17MR] (see H. Con. Res. 87), H2132 [15AP]
———disclose to Federal employees the Government's share of taxes paid for old-age, survivors, disability, and hospital insurance for the employee (see H.R. 1263), H2922 [6MY]
———disclosure of employer's share of taxes paid for old-age, survivors, disability, and hospital insurance for the employee (see H.R. 1264), H2922 [6MY]
———eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (see H.R. 6), H583 [10FE]
———enhance the portability of retirement benefits (see H.R. 739), H1014 [4MR]
———increase State cap on private activity bonds (see H.R. 864), H1014 [4MR]
———modify the low-income housing credit (see H.R. 175), H957 [3MR]
———provide marriage penalty relief, incentives to encourage health coverage, and increased child care assistance, and extend certain expiring tax provisions (see H.R. 2020), H3857 [8JN]
———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see H.R. 86), H234 [7JA]
———terminate Internal Revenue Code and abolish IRS (see H. Con. Res. 148), H5334 [1JY]
———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 531), H8468 [21SE]
———treatment of certain bonds issued by local governments in connection with delinquent real property taxes (see H.R. 1406), H2053 [14AP]
———treatment of certain commercial power takeoff vehicles (see H.R. 1317), H3296 [18MY]
———treatment of individual retirement accounts relative to charitable contributions (see H.R. 1311), H6353 [22JY]
———treatment of long-term vehicle storage by tax-exempt organizations which conduct county and similar fairs (see H.R. 2640), H8100 [9SE]
———treatment of small business meal and entertainment expenses (see H.R. 1195), H2811 [5MY]
Telecommunications: State and local government regulation of citizens band radio equipment (see H.R. 2346), H4911 [24JN]
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), H12109 [16NO]
Television: reform laws relative to satellite retransmissions of broadcast signals to enhance competition with cable television (see H.R. 1554), H2304 [26AP]
Transportation: provide off-budget treatment for certain transportation trust funds (see H.R. 111), H1259 [11MR]
TVA: authorize repurchase of certain bonds (see H.R. 140), H236 [7JA]
Veterans: eligibility for hospital care and services relative to awarding of Purple Heart (see H.R. 430), H374 [2FE]
Water: moratorium on export of bulk fresh water until certain conditions are met (see H.R. 2595), H6352 [22JY]
Water pollution: restore estuary habitats through more efficient financing of projects and the enhanced coordination of Federal and non-Federal programs (see H.R. 1775), H11557 [4NO]
Women: recognize the severity of the issue of cervical health (see H. Con. Res. 64), H1473 [18MR]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Budget: require that certain surplus amounts be used for paying down the national debt (see H. Res. 55), H644 [11FE]
Colleges and universities: enhance protections against fraud in the offering of financial assistance for a college education (see H.R. 3210), H11480 [3NO]
Diseases: establishment and operation of asthma treatment services for children (see H.R. 2840), H8148 [13SE]
Drugs: treatment of gamma hydroxybutyric acid relative to the Controlled Substances Act (see H.R. 3457), H12791 [18NO]
———treatment of gamma y-hydroxybutyrate and ketamine hydrochloride relative to the Controlled Substances Act (see H.R. 2130), H4127 [10JN]
Hazardous substances: increase funding for poison control centers and establish toll-free telephone number to improve access (see H.R. 1221), H1595 [23MR]
Health Care Access, Affordability, and Quality Commission: establish (see H.R. 2042), H3858 [8JN]
Immigration: modify implementation requirements for automated entry and exit control systems (see H.R. 1650), H2545 [29AP]
Insurance: ensure coverage of emergency ambulance services (see H.R. 1777), H3086 [12MY]
Nuclear Waste Policy Act: amend (see H.R. 45), H226 [6JA]
Pollard, Jonathan J.: advocate serving of full sentence of life imprisonment and oppose pardon, reprieve, or any other executive clemency (see H. Con. Res. 18), H272 [19JA]
Taxation: prohibit the imposition of access fees on Internet service providers (see H.R. 1291), H1799 [25MR]
Designated Speaker pro tempore
House of Representatives, H1017 [8MR], H2929 [11MY]
Motions
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 1141), H3054 [12MY], H3141 [13MY]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2670), H10154 [18OC], H10276 [19OC]
Poems
``My Candle Burns at Both Ends,'' Edna St. Vincent Millay, E1956
Remarks
Agriculture: strengthen safety net for agricultural producers and improve efficiency and integrity of the Federal crop insurance program (H.R. 2559), H8990, H8991 [29SE]
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 1906), H3544 [25MY]
Alliance of Automobile Manufactures: tribute, E1011
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 1141), H1617, H1648 [24MR], H3054 [12MY]
———making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 1141), motion to instruct conferees, H3141, H3142, H3146 [13MY]
———offset emergency supplemental appropriations through rescissions in the Callable Capital Account for Multilateral Development Banks, H1648 [24MR]
———prohibit the inclusion of non-emergency spending in emergency supplemental appropriations legislation, H3141, H3142, H3146 [13MY]
Benton Harbor, MI: tribute to Futures Academy, E1146
Budget: deficit, H6566 [27JY]
———treatment of any budget surpluses, H6566 [27JY]
Capitol Pages: tribute, H4114 [10JN]
Civil rights: reenactment of Selma-to-Montgomery voting rights march, H1841, H1842, H1843, H1846, H1847, H1848 [12AP]
Coast Guard: assistance to organizations for Great Lakes lighthouse stewardship, H1379, H1380 [17MR]
———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 820), H1379, H1380 [17MR]
Crime: promote accountability for violent and repeat juvenile offenders (H.R. 1501), H4517 [17JN]
Dept. of Agriculture: Niles, MI, Plant Protection Center funding, H3544 [25MY]
———retroactive crop insurance payments to Michigan peach farmers for crop loss, H8990, H8991 [29SE]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2670), H7012 [4AU]
———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2670), motion to instruct conferees, H10278, H10280, H10281, H10282 [19OC]
Diseases: establishment and operation of asthma treatment services for children (H.R. 2840), E1850
Drugs: treatment of gamma y-hydroxybutyrate and ketamine hydrochloride relative to the Controlled Substances Act (H.R. 2130), H9863, H9864, H9871, H9872 [12OC]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: require persons who reprocess medical devices to comply with certain safety requirements (H.R. 3148), E2192
Firearms: regulation of transfers at gun shows (H.R. 2122), H4590 [17JN]
———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, H4590 [17JN]
Hazardous substances: increase funding for poison control centers and establish toll-free telephone number to improve access (H.R. 1221), E532
House of Representatives: require that excess amounts from Members' official allowances be applied to deficit reduction, H4121 [10JN]
Immigration: modify implementation requirements for automated entry and exit control systems, H10278, H10280, H10281, H10282 [19OC]
Insurance: ensure coverage of emergency ambulance services (H.R. 1777), E943
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act: authorizing appropriations, H4517 [17JN]
Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 1905), H4121 [10JN]
———making appropriations (H.R. 1905), consideration (H. Res. 190), H4100 [10JN]
LSC: funding, H7012 [4AU]
Mathews, Fred: tribute to efforts relative to neurofibromatosis research funding, E1017
National TRIO Day: observance, E178
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), H6566 [27JY]
———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), consideration (H. Res. 256), H6095 [21JY]
Television: importance of family-oriented programming (H. Con. Res. 184), H8123 [13SE]
Western Michigan University: tribute to Student Support Program, E178
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H6580 [27JY]
Testimonies
Neurofibromatosis Research Funding: Fred Mathews, E1017
Tributes
Prince, Evelyn, E1956