DeGETTE, DIANA (a Representative from Colorado)

Amendments

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4690), H4978, H5021, H5037, H5038 [22JN]

Health: revise and extend organ procurement and transplantation programs (H.R. 2418), H1700 [4AP]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

African Americans: acknowledge the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity of slavery in U.S. history (see H. Con. Res. 356), H5956 [12JY]

Air pollution: reduce emissions from electric powerplants (see H.R. 2900), H90 [31JA]

Armed Forces: enhance benefits for active and retired military personnel (see H.R. 4030), H6777 [24JY]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 2966), H48 [27JA] (see H.R. 3573), H1163 [21MR]

Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness: establish (see H.R. 4275), H7003 [25JY]

Bureau of the Census: decennial census funding (see H.R. 3581), H1285 [22MR]

Carter, Jimmy and Rosalyn: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4289), H2337 [13AP]

China, Republic of: U.N. participation (see H. Con. Res. 390), H7280 [6SE]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 2397), H4336 [13JN]

Clinton, President: address issues of neighborhood crime prevention, community policing and reduction of school crime (see H. Res. 561), H6778 [24JY]

Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (see H.R. 701), H510 [16FE]

Colorado: development of collaborative forest restoration and fire prevention projects by the Forest Service, State and local agencies, and private landowners (see H.R. 5098), H7992 [21SE]

Colorado Canyons National Conservation Area: establish (see H.R. 4275), H7003 [25JY]

Community development: amend certain community reinvestment statutes (see H.R. 3504), H209 [2FE]

———increase capital available to communities for economic and community development projects (see H.R. 4822), H7281 [6SE]

Comprehensive AIDS Resources Act: revise and extend programs to provide access to health care and support services to individuals and families with HIV and AIDS (see H.R. 4807), H6052 [13JY]

Contracts: ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 3766), H8062 [25SE]

Dept. of Commerce: establish an Office of Community Economic Adjustment to coordinate the Federal response in regions and communities experiencing economic distress (see H.R. 4711), H4816 [21JN]

Dept. of Energy: establish compensation programs for employees sustaining beryllium and radiation-related injury, illness, or death (see H.R. 4398), H4121 [8JN]

Dept. of HHS: establish an Office on Women's Health (see H.R. 4483), H5436 [28JN]

Dept. of HUD: provide grant renewal under the programs for permanent supportive housing and shelter-plus-care for homeless persons (see H.R. 3613), H1852 [5AP]

Dept. of Justice: establish the Violence Against Women Office (see H.R. 4848), H6051 [13JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: enhance outreach programs to more fully inform surviving spouses and dependents of available benefits and provide dedicated staff to assist in obtaining those benefits (see H.R. 5552), H11194 [25OC]

———provide grants for toll-free telephone number to provide information and assistance to veterans (see H.R. 2736), H2122 [11AP]

Diseases: increased support and funding to combat juvenile diabetes (see H. Con. Res. 321), H4036 [7JN]

———international tuberculosis control (see H.R. 4057), H4592 [15JN]

Domestic Volunteer Service Act: establish National Youth Technology Corps Program (see H.R. 2934), H2967 [11MY]

Education: ensure recruitment and training of math and science teachers at institutions of higher education (see H.R. 3702), H572 [29FE]

Electronic Fund Transfer Act: require additional disclosures relative to exchange rates in transfers involving international transactions (see H.R. 382), H90 [31JA]

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

Federal Deposit Insurance Act: require periodic cost-of-living adjustments to the maximum amount of deposit insurance available (see H.R. 4467), H6052 [13JY]

Federal employees: ensure one-half of leave for birth, adoption, or foster placement of a child shall be leave with pay (see H.R. 4567), H6777 [24JY]

Financial institutions: ensure consumer privacy when establishing a framework for the affiliation of banks, securities firms, and other financial service providers (see H.R. 3320), H757 [8MR]

Firearms: enhance the enforcement of gun violence laws (see H.R. 4066), H1675 [3AP]

Foreign aid: international family planning programs funding (see H.R. 3634), H922 [9MR]

———prohibit application of certain restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental and multilateral organizations (see H.R. 4211), H4121 [8JN]

Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (see H.R. 1304), H574 [29FE]

———assure coverage of emergency services under group health plans and health insurance (see H.R. 904), H757 [8MR]

———embryonic stem cell research funding (see H. Res. 414), H2341 [13AP]

———minority health programs (see H.R. 3250), H8062 [25SE]

———prohibit health insurance and employment discrimination on the basis of genetic information (see H.R. 2457), H4817 [21JN]

Immigration: protection of battered immigrant women (see H.R. 3083), H6052 [13JY]

INS: provide for direct payment of information fees by foreign students under the Coordinated Interagency Partnership Regulating International Students Program (see H.R. 3732), H1958 [6AP]

Insurance: implement coverage of reconstructive breast surgery resulting from mastectomies (see H.R. 3224), H50 [27JA]

———require group and individual health insurance plans to provide coverage of cancer screening (see H.R. 1285), H8406 [27SE]

———require health plans to cover treatment of a minor child's congenital or developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor, or disease (see H.R. 49), H1163 [21MR]

Law enforcement officers: clarify procedures and conditions for the award of matching grants for the purchase of armor vests (see H.R. 4033), H1629 [30MR]

Liberty Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 376), H7212 [27JY]

Medicaid: provide families and disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 4825), H6719 [20JY]

———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see H.R. 3698), H922 [9MR]

Medicare: coverage for surgical first assisting services of certified registered nurse first assistants (see H.R. 3911), H1164 [21MR]

———coverage of medically necessary pancreas transplantation procedures (see H.R. 4495), H4220 [12JN]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 4607), H4120 [8JN] (see H.R. 4770), H5240 [27JN]

———demonstration project to provide coverage for cancer patients enrolled in certain clinical trials (see H.R. 1388), H1629 [30MR]

———designate certain diabetes educators as certified providers for purposes of outpatient diabetes education services (see H.R. 3003), H455 [15FE]

———eliminate time limitation on benefits for immunosuppressive drugs (see H.R. 1115), H50 [27JA]

———expand coverage of certain self-injected biologicals (see H.R. 2892), H1629 [30MR]

———graduate medical education payments (see H.R. 4239), H3926 [6JN]

———increase the percentage of bad hospital debt that is reimbursable (see H.R. 4878), H6469 [18JY]

———protect right of beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare+Choice plans to receive services at any skilled nursing facility (see H.R. 3004), H2607 [4MY]

———reimbursement for chiropractic services (see H.R. 1046), H1119 [16MR]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H3172 [16MY]

———State accreditation of diabetes self-management training programs (see H.R. 5074), H7209 [27JY]

———waive waiting period for coverage and provide coverage of drugs for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (see H.R. 353), H1284 [22MR]

Mental health: recognize the importance of mental health awareness, mental disorders, and early detection of mental illnesses (see H. Con. Res. 243), H5169 [26JN]

Mexico: adopt measures to support a peaceful resolution of the conflict and to protect human rights in Chiapas (see H. Con. Res. 238), H373 [14FE]

———political repression of foreign observers (see H. Con. Res. 350), H4120 [8JN]

Middle East: condemn current level of violence between Israelis and Palestinians (see H. Con. Res. 426), H10257 [18OC]

Motor vehicles: require reports relative to defects in foreign products (see H.R. 5164), H7577 [13SE]

National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Engineering: establish (see H.R. 1795), H7991 [21SE]

National Nuclear Security Administration: application of environmental protection, safety, and health regulations (see H.R. 4288), H4174 [9JN]

NIH: biomedical research funding (see H. Res. 437), H1407 [23MR]

———establish Office of Autoimmune Diseases (see H.R. 2573), H2340 [13AP]

———improve and expand clinical research programs (see H.R. 1798), H1852 [5AP]

———support modernization and construction of biomedical and behavioral research facilities and laboratory instrumentation (see H.R. 4431), H2966 [11MY]

Northern Mariana Islands: prohibit use of the ``Made in USA'' label on products and deny such products duty-free and quota-free treatment (see H.R. 1621), H6777 [24JY]

Office for Protection of Human Research Subjects: establish (see H.R. 3569), H3649 [23MY]

Pensions: protect benefits of employees in defined benefit plans and enforce age discrimination requirements relative to tax legislation on defined benefit plans becoming cash balance plans (see H.R. 2902), H7211 [27JY]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 3842), H7211 [27JY]

———issue a semipostal in order to afford the public a convenient way to contribute to funding for the establishment of the World War II Memorial (see H.R. 4492), H3813 [24MY]

Public lands: designate certain national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming (see H.R. 488), H2905 [10MY]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 4844), H6719 [20JY]

———protection of train employees (see H.R. 3091), H455 [15FE]

Research: continuation of Federal research and development programs funding in a fiscally sustainable way (see H.R. 3161), H2607 [4MY]

Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge: establish (see H.R. 5264), H7991 [21SE]

Roosevelt National Forest: redesignate Big South Trail in the Comanche Peak Wilderness Area as the Jaryd Atadero Legacy Trail (see H.R. 3817), H3049 [15MY]

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), H8062 [25SE]

Social Security: computation system for benefits relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 1217), H4035 [7JN]

———enhance privacy protections for individuals, prevent fraudulent misuse of account numbers, and provide additional safeguards for beneficiaries with representative payees (see H.R. 4857), H9767 [11OC]

———make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act (see H.R. 5291), H10036 [17OC] (see H.R. 5612), H11955 [4DE]

———restore Social Services Block Grant funding and the ability of States to transfer Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funds to such block grant (see H.R. 4481), H5436 [28JN]

———waive waiting period for disability benefits relative to individuals with terminal illnesses (see H.R. 1107), H4336 [13JN]

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: revise and extend programs (see H.R. 4867), H6354 [17JY]

Taxation: allow credit for dry cleaning equipment that uses reduced amounts of hazardous substances (see H.R. 1303), H7211 [27JY]

———allow tax-free rollovers of amounts in one qualified State tuition program to another qualified State tuition program for the same beneficiary (see H.R. 3674), H509 [16FE]

———exclusion from gross income for foster care payments relative to certain nongovernmental placement agencies (see H.R. 1194), H454 [15FE]

———expand incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 4094), H1629 [30MR]

———increase annual limitation on nondeductible contributions and adjust for inflation the amount of deductible contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1322), H5737 [10JY]

———provide a credit for energy efficient appliances (see H.R. 4977), H7366 [7SE]

———provide a credit to taxpayers investing in entities seeking to provide capital to create new markets in low-income communities (see H.R. 2713), H2411 [2MY]

———provide a uniform dollar limitation for transportation fringe benefits excludable from gross income (see H.R. 3546), H922 [9MR]

———provide incentives to reduce energy consumption (see H.R. 5345), H9901 [12OC]

———require certain political organizations to report information to the FEC (see H.R. 4168), H2341 [13AP]

———treatment of computers provided to employees for personal use (see H.R. 4274), H10809 [24OC]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 3872), H8617 [2OC]

Trucking industry: support freeze on longer combination vehicles and current Federal limitations on truck size and weight (see H. Con. Res. 306), H4818 [21JN]

Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H7002 [25JY]

Volunteer workers: extend appropriations for programs under the National and Community Service Act and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act (see H.R. 4740), H8062 [25SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Children and youth: address special needs relative to organ transplantation (see H.R. 4008), H1118 [16MR]

———protect the health and welfare of children involved in research (see H.R. 5198), H7722 [18SE]

Diseases: reduce burden of diabetes among children and youth (see H.R. 4594), H4035 [7JN]

EPA: streamline and integrate the requirements for pollution-related reporting (see H.R. 4480), H3308 [17MY]

Firearms: ban import of large capacity ammunition feeding devices, promote safe storage and use of handguns by consumers, and extend criminal background checks to gun shows (see H.R. 4009), H1118 [16MR]

Medicaid: assure preservation of safety net hospitals through maintenance of Disproportionate Share Hospital Program (see H.R. 3710), H572 [29FE]

Research: protect human subjects in research (see H.R. 4605), H4120 [8JN]

Social Security: promote smoking cessation under Medicare, Medicaid, and the Maternal and Child Health Program (see H.R. 5208), H7870 [19SE]

Tobacco products: increase legal age for smoking (see H.R. 4432), H2966 [11MY]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 3660), H1783 [5AP]

Appropriations: consideration of certain joint resolutions making continuing (H. Res. 662), H11543 [30OC]

Armed Forces: performance of abortions at overseas military medical facilities, H3350 [18MY]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services, H9658 [11OC]

Aspen Skiing Co.: tribute, E577 [13AP]

Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness: establish (H.R. 4275), H6875 [25JY]

CERCLA: exempt small businesses from certain liability (H.R. 5175), H8130 [26SE]

Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (H.R. 701), H2947 [11MY]

Colorado Canyons National Conservation Area: establish (H.R. 4275), H6875 [25JY]

Colorado Ute Indian Tribes: final settlement of water rights claims, H12489 [15DE]

Crime: enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, H9658 [11OC]

Denver, CO: Regional Transportation District funding, E801 [22MY]

———tribute to East High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, E859 [25MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), H3350 [18MY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), conference report, H9658 [11OC]

Dept. of HUD: section 8 housing voucher funding through reductions in NASA space station program, H4894 [21JN]

Dept. of Justice: abortion services for women in Federal prison funding, H5021, H5027 [22JN]

———hazardous chemical storage facility security study funding, H4978, H4979 [22JN]

———transfer of appropriations from other Federal departments and agencies to fund litigation against tobacco industry, H4642 [19JN]

Dept. of the Interior: contract with the Mancos Water Conservancy District to use Mancos Project facilities for impounding, storage, diverting, and carriage of nonproject water for irrigation (S. 2594), E2150 [7DE]

Dept. of Transportation: conduct study to determine ways to reduce fatalities, injuries, and property damage caused by backing vehicles, E1366 [27JY]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4475), E801 [22MY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4690), H4978, H4979, H5021, H5027 [22JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), conference report, H12489 [15DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4577), motion to instruct conferees, H7820 [19SE]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), H4642 [19JN], H4842, H4894 [21JN]

Diseases: support efforts to increase childhood cancer awareness, treatment, and research (H. Res. 576), H8270 [27SE]

EPA: National Hazardous Waste and Superfund Ombudsman funding, H4842 [21JN], E1112 [26JN]

———streamline and integrate the requirements for pollution-related reporting (H.R. 4480), E750 [17MY]

Firearms: gun control, H1080 [16MR]

———prevent children from having access to firearms, H578 [1MR], H1080 [16MR]

———violence in schools, H578 [1MR]

Great Sand Dunes National Park: establish (S. 2547), H10714 [24OC]

Great Sand Dunes National Park Preserve: establish (S. 2547), H10714 [24OC]

Hazardous substances: designate Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site, H1192 [22MR]

Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (H.R. 1304), consideration (H. Res. 542), H5620, H5624 [29JN]

———recognize differences in organ transplantation between adults and children and study immunosupressive drugs provided to children, H1700 [4AP]

———revise and extend organ procurement and transplantation programs (H.R. 2418), H1700 [4AP]

Health care professionals: exempt discussions on requiring abortion coverage from collective bargaining negotiations between health care professionals and HMO's, H5620, H5624 [29JN]

Houston, Marcus: Prudential Insurance Co., of America Spirit of Community Award recipient for Colorado, E112 [10FE]

Joe Rowell Park: land conveyance to Dolores, CO (S. 1972), E2150 [7DE]

Journal: question of approval, H5851 [12JY]

Medicaid: coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment for certain women and research on relationship between cervical cancer and human papillomavirus (H.R. 4386), H2695 [9MY]

Metro State College: tribute to men's basketball team, E443 [29MR]

National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Engineering: establish (H.R. 1795), H8267 [27SE]

Nuclear energy: storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), H1192 [22MR]

Older Americans Act: reauthorize (H.R. 782), H10603 [24OC]

Public Health Service Act: provide certain children's health services (H.R. 4365), H2712 [9MY], H8248, H8255 [27SE]

San Rafael Western Legacy District: establish (H.R. 3605), H3942 [7JN]

SBA: improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), conference report, H11257 [26OC]

Schools: postcoital emergency contraception distribution funding, H7820 [19SE]

Social Security: make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act, H11257 [26OC]

Taxation: extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 3709), H2798 [10MY]

———prohibit the imposition of access fees on Internet service providers (H.R. 1291), E751 [17MY]

Telecommunications: assure competition in markets, E114 [10FE]

Veterans: upgrade medals Asian and Pacific Islander veterans received for World War II service to Medals of Honor, E1111 [26JN]

Wytias, Betty: SafeHouse Denver (domestic violence shelter) Carolyn Hamil-Henderson Memorial Award recipient, E1067 [21JN]

Tributes

Baca, Polly, E1420 [7SE]

Barela, Veronica, E1417 [7SE]

Boyd, Faye, E188 [29FE]

Granado, Lorraine, E1417 [7SE]

Haynes, Anna Jo, E188 [29FE]

Lock, Selma, E1892 [24OC]

Mejia, Ophelia, E1419 [7SE]

Mosley, Edna, E188 [29FE]

Padilla, Wanda, E1418 [7SE]

Sakato, George, E1111 [26JN]

Schomp, Katherine Weaver, E2220 [15DE]

Tanner, Gloria, E188 [29FE]

Whitsett, Hazel, E188 [29FE]