McKEON, HOWARD P. ``BUCK'' (a Representative from California)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), H3279 [17MY]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4205, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, H7134 [27JY]

Herbert H. Bateman funeral attendees, H7631 [14SE]

Julian C. Dixon funeral attendees, H12081 [13DE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

American Folklife Center: collect video and audio recordings of personal histories and testimonials of U.S. war veterans (see H.R. 5212), H7870 [19SE]

Armed Forces: improve Montgomery GI Bill benefits by improving and expanding educational assistance programs (see H.R. 4268), H2336 [13AP]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3573), H2340 [13AP]

Boy Scouts: prohibit use of Federal funds to discriminate against the Boy Scouts of America on the basis of organizational, associational, or constitutional beliefs (see H.R. 5306), H12045 [7DE]

Business and industry: authorize reimbursement payments to employers for employee portable skills training (see H.R. 4216), H1957 [6AP]

Capitol Building and Grounds: establish a task force to recommend an appropriate recognition for the slave laborers who worked on the construction of the U.S. Capitol (see H. Con. Res. 368), H7003 [25JY]

Contracts: allow choice of arbitration as a means of settling disputes (see H.R. 534), H8200 [26SE]

Credit unions: clarify definition of a member business loan relative to religious organization based credit unions (see H.R. 4701), H7281 [6SE]

Cuba: assist internal opposition and further help the Cuban people to regain their freedom (see H.R. 4537), H3813 [24MY]

Dept. of Defense: deny educational assistance funds to local educational agencies that deny access to secondary school students for military recruiting purposes (see H.R. 4660), H4818 [21JN]

Dept. of HHS: establish an Office on Men's Health (see H.R. 4653), H5737 [10JY]

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), H4175 [9JN]

Dept. of the Interior: collect and maintain information on public memorials commemorating military conflicts and service of individuals in the Armed Forces (see H. Con. Res. 345), H4592 [15JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: reaffirm and clarify duty of the Secretary to administer laws which assist claimants for benefits (see H.R. 4864), H6354 [17JY]

Diseases: increased support and funding to combat juvenile diabetes (see H. Con. Res. 321), H5843 [11JY]

Drugs: combat manufacture, traffic, import, and export of methamphetamine (see H.R. 4248), H2238 [12AP]

Education: increase amount of loan forgiveness for teachers (see H.R. 3880), H2906 [10MY] (see H.R. 5034), H7207 [27JY]

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

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: allow States and local school districts flexibility in allocating Federal funds (see H.R. 4141), H1628 [30MR]

———assist States and local educational agencies with expenses of Federal infrastructure, technology, and equipment requirements (see H.R. 4766), H5240 [27JN]

———reauthorize Impact Aid Program (see H.R. 3616), H340 [10FE]

Fair Credit Reporting Act: exempt certain investigative reports from the definition of consumer reports (see H.R. 3408), H8200 [26SE]

Families and domestic relations: importance of families eating together (see H. Con. Res. 343), H4175 [9JN]

———recognize importance of strong marriages and the contributions that community marriage policies have made to the strength of marriages (see H. Res. 280), H4220 [12JN]

FDA: grant authority to regulate tobacco (see H.R. 4207), H1956 [6AP]

———restrict authority to issue clinical holds on investigational drugs or to deny patients expanded access to such drugs (see H.R. 3677), H5241 [27JN]

FERC: hydroelectric projects licensing reform (see H.R. 2335), H342 [10FE]

Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see H.R. 1032), H1764 [4AP]

Food Quality Protection Act: establish certain requirements (see H.R. 1592), H757 [8MR]

GAO: conduct a comprehensive fraud audit of the Dept. of Education (see H.R. 4079), H1405 [23MR]

Government: prohibit the acquisition of products produced by forced labor (see H. Con. Res. 308), H4784 [20JN]

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

Immigration: improve use of amounts deposited into the H-1B nonimmigrant petitioner account for demonstration programs to provide technical skills training for certain high demand occupations (see H.R. 4402), H3869 [25MY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4055), H1284 [22MR]

Matthew `Mack' Robinson Post Office Building, Pasadena, CA: designate (see H.R. 4157), H2512 [3MY]

Medicaid: provide public access to quality medical imaging procedures and radiation therapy procedures (see H.R. 5274), H8061 [25SE]

———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see H.R. 3698), H1852 [5AP]

Medicare: eliminate reduction in payment rates to home health agencies for home health services (see H.R. 4219), H5843 [11JY]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H5737 [10JY]

Merchant marine industry: tribute to service and sacrifice during periods of war (see H. Con. Res. 327), H6720 [20JY]

National Guard: anniversary of initial activation of personnel for Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm (see H. Res. 549), H6778 [24JY]

National Take Your Kids To Vote Day: support (see H. Con. Res. 389), H7210 [27JY]

Native Americans: improve American Indian Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (see H.R. 3629), H1163 [21MR]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: require changes in the bloodborne pathogens standard (see H.R. 5178), H7723 [18SE]

Olympic games: mint commemorative coins to support the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games and U.S. Olympic Committee programs (see H.R. 3679), H509 [16FE]

Pensions: provide retirement investment advice to workers managing their retirement income assets (see H.R. 4747), H6719 [20JY]

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

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), H2012 [10AP]

Public debt: allow individuals to designate a portion of their income tax return for deficit reduction (see H.R. 5349), H10257 [18OC]

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

Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument: establish (see H.R. 3676), H5084 [23JN]

Schulz, Charles M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3642), H341 [10FE]

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (see H.R. 4259), H7578 [13SE]

Social Security: extend availability of State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments (see H.R. 4393), H7281 [6SE]

Taxation: allow credit to businesses who employ military reservists and a comparable credit to self-employed military reservists, and restore deductions for services performed by military reservists (see H.R. 3915), H8200 [26SE]

———allow individuals a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance and provide for a report on State health insurance safety-net programs (see H.R. 2362), H10036 [17OC]

———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), H9635 [10OC]

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

———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]

———reduce motor fuel taxes (see H.R. 4006), H1958 [6AP]

———remove mandatory withdrawal requirements for individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 252), H2512 [3MY]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 3916), H2341 [13AP]

———repeal increases in motor fuel taxes (see H.R. 3844), H922 [9MR]

———temporarily suspend and permanently repeal increases in motor fuel taxes (see H.R. 4776), H5435 [28JN]

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

———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 531), H7365 [7SE]

Tobacco products: prohibit the importation of bidi cigarettes (see H.R. 3628), H5737 [10JY]

Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H7365 [7SE]

Voting: prohibit States from determining that a ballot submitted by an absent uniformed services voter was improperly or fraudulently cast unless the State finds clear and convincing evidence of fraud (see H.R. 5642), H12066 [8DE]

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

Congressional Recognition for Excellence in Arts Education Board: establish (see H.R. 5554), H11194 [25OC]

Higher Education Act: technical amendments (see H.R. 4504), H3474 [19MY]

Increase the Peace Day: support (see H. Res. 507), H3474 [19MY]

Letters

Elian Gonzalez-Brotons custody and immigration status: Carmen Sabria, E1371 [27JY]

Remarks

Business and industry: authorize reimbursement payments to employers for employee portable skills training (H.R. 4216), H8681 [3OC]

California: anniversary of statehood, H7554 [13SE]

Congressional Recognition for Excellence in Arts Education Board: establish (S. 2789), H11683, H11685, H11686 [31OC]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), consideration (H. Res. 503), H3187 [17MY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 616), H9645 [11OC]

———B-2 stealth bomber funding, H3187 [17MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4576), consideration (H. Res. 514), H3965 [7JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), H4242 [13JN]

DeSmith, Erica: Los Angeles, CA, Police Dept. Reserve Officer of the Year award recipient, E474 [3AP]

Education: increase amount of loan forgiveness for teachers (H.R. 5034), H8184 [26SE]

———promote family literacy projects (H.R. 3222), H7465 [12SE]

———reduce class size and improve teacher quality, H4242 [13JN]

———support teachers (H. Res. 492), H2726 [9MY]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: assist States and local educational agencies with expenses of Federal infrastructure, technology, and equipment requirements (H.R. 4766), E1129 [28JN]

Gonzalez-Brotons, Elian: custody and immigration status, E1371 [27JY]

Higher Education Act: technical amendments (H.R. 4504), H4181, H4185, H4187 [12JN], E785 [19MY]

Increase the Peace Day: support (H. Res. 507), E783 [19MY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4055), H2451 [3MY]

Native Americans: improve American Indian Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (H.R. 3629), H2365 [2MY]

Older Americans Act: reauthorize (H.R. 782), H10581, H10600 [24OC]

Olympic games: tribute to California's 25th Congressional District participants, E1841 [19OC]

Santa Clarita, CA: tribute to Santa Clara River conservation efforts, E1525 [19SE]

Strumpf, Robyn: Prudential Insurance Co., of America Spirit of Community Award recipient for California, E683 [9MY]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: place a plaque to honor those veterans who died after their service, but as a direct result of that service (H.R. 3293), H2664 [9MY]

Tributes

Caufield, Justin (Jay), E957 [9JN]

Darcy, Jo Anne, E554 [13AP]

Goodling, Representative, H8623 [3OC]

Kraemer, Terry, Jr., E1125 [27JN]

Packard, Representative, H10884, H10891 [25OC]

Veluzat, Paul T., E1980 [28OC]