KNOLLENBERG, JOE (a Representative from Michigan)

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), H3475 [19MY], H5241 [27JN], H5436 [28JN], H5687 [10JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4690), H5038 [22JN]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4635, Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies appropriations, H9992 [17OC]

———H.R. 4733, energy and water development appropriations, H7627 [14SE]

———H.R. 4811, foreign operations, export financing, and related programs appropriations, H10450 [19OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 3660), H1675 [3AP]

Baltic States: recognize anniversary of U.S. nonrecognition policy of the Soviet takeover of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania and support democratic and economic reforms (see H. Con. Res. 367), H5655 [29JN]

Belarus: human rights violations and democracy efforts (see H. Con. Res. 304), H2239 [12AP]

China, Republic of: U.N. participation (see H. Con. Res. 390), H8201 [26SE]

Clinton, President: address issues of neighborhood crime prevention, community policing and reduction of school crime (see H. Res. 561), H6718 [20JY]

Council on Environmental Quality: abolish (see H.R. 5366), H9635 [10OC]

Dept. of State: provide appropriate training and materials to all executive branch employees involved in responding to issues related to human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide (see H. Res. 398), H2512 [3MY]

Drugs: combat manufacture, traffic, import, and export of methamphetamine (see H.R. 4248), H4220 [12JN]

Education: establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (see H.R. 4272), H10257 [18OC]

Education for All Handicapped Children Act: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 399), H7577 [13SE]

EPA: ensure changes to the rule on water quality standards total maximum daily load program are subjected to public and congressional review (see H.R. 4922), H7282 [6SE]

———repeal rule on water quality standards total maximum daily load program (see H.J. Res. 105), H6470 [18JY]

Fair Labor Standards Act: clarify treatment of stock options (see H.R. 4182), H2412 [2MY]

FCC: prohibit from establishing rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations (see H.R. 3439), H931 [13MR]

Fire prevention: development of a strategy by Federal land management agencies to reduce forest fuels that place natural resources at a high risk of catastrophic wildfire (see H. Con. Res. 406), H7996 [22SE]

Foreign policy: improve relations with India and intensify bilateral cooperation in the fight against terrorism (see H. Res. 572), H7502 [12SE]

Friedman, Milton: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4672), H4590 [15JN]

Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction: compliance (see H. Con. Res. 293), H1405 [23MR]

Higgins, Andrew Jackson and family: award Congressional Gold Medals (see H.R. 4384), H3926 [6JN]

Higgins Industries: award Congressional Gold Medal to World War II-era employees (see H.R. 4384), H3926 [6JN]

Immigration: arrival and departure requirements for Canadian citizens relative to automated entry and exit control systems (see H.R. 4489), H3649 [23MY]

———promote a fairer and more efficient means for using highly skilled workers and improve collection and use of H-1B nonimmigrant fees (see H.R. 3983), H1076 [15MR]

Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (see H.R. 2420), H1077 [15MR]

Iran: condemn arrest and detention of Iranian Jews accused of espionage (see H. Con. Res. 307), H4122 [8JN]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 3633), H2411 [2MY]

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: prohibit the assumption of liability by the U.S. Government for nuclear accidents that may occur at U.S. provided nuclear reactors (see H.R. 4266), H2336 [13AP]

———require congressional approval of any nuclear cooperation agreement with the U.S. (see H.R. 4251), H2238 [12AP]

———require reports to Congress about proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and missiles to deliver such weapons (see H.R. 4860), H6052 [13JY]

Latvia: independence anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 319), H5436 [28JN]

Law enforcement officers: clarify procedures and conditions for the award of matching grants for the purchase of armor vests (see H.R. 4033), H1407 [23MR]

Lumber industry: promote open and competitive trade of softwood lumber between the U.S. and Canada (see H. Con. Res. 252), H510 [16FE]

Medicaid: implement regulations clarifying allowable costs for school-based health services provided to children with disabilities (see H.R. 5248), H10473 [19OC]

Mental health: issue commemorative postage stamp to raise autism awareness (see H. Res. 458), H4784 [20JN]

Middle East: prohibit U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority if a Palestinian state is declared unilaterally (see H.R. 4976), H7652 [14SE]

National forests: return of fair and reasonable fees for use and occupancy of land under the recreation residence program (see H.R. 3327), H511 [16FE]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: waive applicability to employment performed in an employee's residence (see H.R. 3530), H511 [16FE]

O'Connor, John Cardinal: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3557), H89 [31JA]

Ohio: constitutionality of State motto (see H. Res. 494), H4122 [8JN]

Olympic games: mint commemorative coins to support the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games and U.S. Olympic Committee programs (see H.R. 3679), H7211 [27JY]

Oscar G. Johnson Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility, Iron Mountain, MI: designate (see H.R. 5520), H12045 [7DE]

OSHA: require public comment, and a sound scientific basis, for proposed ergonomics regulations (see H. Con. Res. 260), H758 [8MR]

Pope, Edmond: demand release from Russian prison for humanitarian reasons (see H. Con. Res. 364), H5956 [12JY] (see H. Con. Res. 404), H7871 [19SE]

Pope John Paul II: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3544), H511 [16FE]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 4844), H7003 [25JY]

Reagan, Ronald and Nancy: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3591), H253 [8FE]

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (see H.R. 4259), H7991 [21SE]

Taxation: allow deduction for charitable contributions to individuals who do not itemize other deductions (see H.R. 1310), H342 [10FE]

———constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (see H.J. Res. 94), H1957 [6AP]

———encourage stronger mathematics and science programs at elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 4273), H10257 [18OC]

———increase annual limitation on nondeductible contributions and adjust for inflation the amount of deductible contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1322), H2012 [10AP]

———provide incentives for production, sale, and use of highly fuel-efficient, advanced-technology motor vehicles (see H.R. 4270), H2336 [13AP]

———remove mandatory withdrawal requirements for individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 252), H1958 [6AP]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 3916), H2655 [8MY]

———repeal increases in motor fuel taxes (see H.R. 3844), H998 [14MR]

———repeal modification of capital gains tax payments relative to small businesses sold on the installment sales method (see H.R. 3594), H575 [29FE]

———temporarily suspend and permanently repeal increases in motor fuel taxes (see H.R. 4776), H7129 [26JY]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 4199), H1956 [6AP]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1366), H3172 [16MY]

———treatment of individual retirement accounts relative to charitable contributions (see H.R. 1311), H342 [10FE]

Turkey: claim of sovereignty over islands and islets in the Aegean Sea (see H. Con. Res. 340), H3868 [25MY]

Ukrainian-American Veterans, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 3463), H1077 [15MR]

Vatican City: U.N. status of the Holy See (see H. Con. Res. 253), H758 [8MR]

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 2720), H373 [14FE]

Water pollution: exempt discharges from certain silviculture activities from permit requirements of the national pollutant discharge elimination system (see H.R. 3625), H2512 [3MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Energy: extend public comment period on proposed rules on clothes washers, air conditioners, and heat pumps (see H.R. 5613), H11781 [1NO]

Food: repeal labeling requirements on foods containing saccharin (see H.R. 5668), H12531 [15DE]

National Children's Memorial Day: designate (see H. Con. Res. 415), H8617 [2OC]

Singapore: authorize the negotiation of a free trade agreement and provide for expedited congressional consideration of such an agreement (see H.R. 5586), H11445 [27OC]

Taxation: exclude from gross income gain from the sale of securities which are used to pay for higher education expenses (see H.R. 4993), H7205 [27JY]

U.S. Enrichment Corp.: prevent the sale of uranium hexafluoride (see H.R. 5587), H11445 [27OC]

William S. Broomfield Post Office Building, Royal Oak, MI: designate (see H.R. 4884), H6598 [19JY]

Letters

Limit funding for activities included in the Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gas emissions prior to implementation: Representatives Gilman and Sensenbrenner, H4825 [21JN]

Regulation of greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act: Representative Dingell, H4826 [21JN], H5261 [27JN], H5688 [10JY], E1139 [28JN]

———Representatives McIntosh and Calvert, H4826-H4828 [21JN]

Memorandums

Authority To Regulate Pollutants Emitted by Electric Power Generation Sources: Jonathan Z. Cannon, EPA, H4836 [21JN]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H2973 [15MY], H6473 [19JY]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), H5687 [10JY]

Appropriations: establish automatic system for continuing appropriations, H3129 [16MY]

Armenia: anniversary of genocide, H2169 [12AP]

Azerbaijan: prohibit allocation of foreign aid relative to blockade of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabagh, E1373 [27JY]

Budget: establish 2-year cycle, H3122 [16MY]

———improve and strengthen budget process (H.R. 853), H3122, H3129 [16MY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), veto, H7507 [13SE]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), H1312, H1370 [23MR]

China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization, H1769 [5AP], H2554 [4MY]

———permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), H2974 [15MY], H3731 [24MY]

China, Republic of: assist in enhancement of security (H.R. 1838), H121 [1FE]

———observance of National Day, E1729 [10OC]

Compassionate Friends, Inc.: tribute, E1843 [19OC]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), H3361 [18MY]

Dept. of Energy: draw down of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, H8205 [27SE]

———extend public comment period on proposed rules on clothes washers, air conditioners, and heat pumps (H.R. 5613), H11788, H11790-H11792 [2NO], E2056 [1NO]

———National Ignition Facility funding, H5277 [27JN]

———Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles Program funding, H4441 [14JN]

———renewable energy research funding through reductions in the Nuclear Energy Research Initiative Program, H5254 [27JN]

Dept. of State: provide appropriate training and materials to all executive branch employees involved in responding to issues related to human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide (H. Res. 398), H2169 [12AP]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), H4441, H4451 [14JN]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4690), H5136, H5137 [26JN], E1139 [28JN]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), H4616 [19JN], H4825, H4840, H4868, H4885 [21JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4635), conference report, H10384 [19OC]

Ecology and environment: carbon cycle research and sequestration funding, H7603 [14SE]

Education: national policy to improve system, H9818 [12OC]

Energy and water development: making appropriations, H10384, H10387 [19OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4733), H5220, H5254, H5260, H5277, H5279 [27JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4733), conference report, H8421 [28SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4733), veto, H9668 [11OC]

EPA: impact of implementation of Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gas emissions on energy prices, H6475 [19JY]

———implementation of Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gas emissions, H4451 [14JN]

———limit funding for activities included in the Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gas emissions prior to implementation, H4825, H4840 [21JN], H5136, H5137 [26JN], H5260 [27JN], H5687 [10JY]

———postpone implementation of air quality standards until issuance of Supreme Court decision, H4885 [21JN], E1139 [28JN]

Food: repeal labeling requirements on foods containing saccharin (H.R. 5668), E2237 [15DE]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4811), conference report, H10832 [25OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4811), consideration (H. Res. 546), H5884 [12JY]

Foreign policy: ensure appropriate understanding and sensitivity in responding to human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide issues related to Armenian Genocide (H. Res. 596), E2200 [15DE]

Hazardous substances: designate Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site, H1193 [22MR]

International Reserve Police Officers Association: tribute to exchange program, E1340 [27JY]

Journal: question of approval, H7131 [27JY]

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: prohibit the assumption of liability by the U.S. Government for nuclear accidents that may occur at U.S. provided nuclear reactors, H3361 [18MY]

Latvia: independence anniversary (H. Con. Res. 319), H6083 [17JY]

Medicare: make more competitive and efficient and provide for a prescription drug benefit (H.R. 4680), H5377 [28JN]

Middle East: condemn current level of violence between Israelis and Palestinians (H. Con. Res. 426), E1921 [25OC]

Missouri River: Corps of Engineers river management funding, H9668 [11OC]

Music and dance: tribute to African-American music (H. Res. 509), H3877 [6JN]

NASA: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1654), conference report, H7603 [14SE]

National Children's Memorial Day: designate (H. Con. Res. 415), E1843 [19OC]

NRC: memorandum of understanding with the EPA, H4868 [21JN]

Nuclear energy: storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), H1193 [22MR]

Oak Ridge National Laboratory: process excess uranium into radioactive isotopes suitable for Alpha Particle Immunotherapy cancer treatment, H10387 [19OC]

Petroleum: dependence on foreign sources, E1970 [28OC]

———economic impact of increasing oil prices, H8205 [27SE]

Pope John Paul II: award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 3544), H3548 [23MY]

Power resources: fuel cell power system development funding, H4451 [14JN]

———national energy policy, H8205 [27SE], H12034 [7DE], E1970 [28OC]

Singapore: authorize the negotiation of a free trade agreement and provide for expedited congressional consideration of such an agreement (H.R. 5586), E1985 [28OC]

Taxation: constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (H.J. Res. 94), H2143 [12AP]

———eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), H167 [2FE], H300 [10FE]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), H4125 [9JN], E1364 [27JY]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), veto, H7284, H7334 [7SE]

———rates, H2128 [12AP]

William S. Broomfield Post Office Building, Royal Oak, MI: designate (H.R. 4884), H7222 [6SE], E1277 [19JY]

World Trade Organization: withdraw U.S. membership and funding (H.J. Res. 90), H4813 [21JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H2010 [10AP], H10806 [24OC], H11809 [2NO]

Reports

CO2—A Pollutant? National Mining Association Legal Affairs Committee, H4828-H4836 [21JN]

Resolutions by organizations

Acknowledgment of Armenian Genocide relative to Christianity: Pope John Paul II and Karekin II, E2201 [15DE]

Acknowledgment of Armenian Genocide relative to Turkey's admission to the European Union: European Parliament, E2201-E2203 [15DE]

———Italian Chamber of Deputies, E2200 [15DE]

National energy supply policies: National Association of Manufacturers, E1971 [28OC]

Tributes

Ewing, Representative, E1933 [25OC]

Korzon, Fred, E14 [27JA]

Kuhn, George W., E2089 [13NO]

Nestor, Marianne, E1187 [10JY]

Packard, Representative, H10887 [25OC]

Pappas, Norman, E1364 [27JY]