PETERSON, JOHN E. (a Representative from Pennsylvania)

Amendments

Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (H.R. 701), H2884 [10MY], H2908 [11MY]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4516, legislative branch of the Government appropriations, H6711 [20JY]

———H.R. 4578, Dept. of the Interior and related agencies appropriations, H6928 [25JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund: allocate accruing interest to cover health care costs for certain miners (see H.R. 4144), H3869 [25MY]

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 3660), H1764 [4AP]

Agriculture: prohibit products containing dry ultra-filtered milk or casein from being labeled domestic natural cheese (see H.R. 4652), H7003 [25JY]

Aliens: deny coverage under certain anti-discrimination statutes of employed individuals that are unlawfully present in the U.S. (see H.R. 3170), H6777 [24JY]

Armed Forces: declare the American GI as the ``Person of the Century'' for the 20th century (see H. Con. Res. 282), H2013 [10AP]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3573), H342 [10FE]

California: develop and implement drainage, storm, and flood control projects as part of water-related projects in the Colusa Basin Watershed (see H.R. 1113), H1284 [22MR]

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

Contracts: allow choice of arbitration as a means of settling disputes (see H.R. 534), H8469 [28SE]

Courts: legal definition of human life relative to presence of brain wave activity and spontaneous cardiac activity (see H. Con. Res. 305), H3649 [23MY]

Dept. of Energy: external regulation of nuclear safety and occupational safety and health at facilities (see H.R. 3907), H6777 [24JY]

Dept. of Transportation: establish a grant program for providing assistance to emergency response organizations (see H.R. 3155), H2512 [3MY]

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), H11207 [26OC]

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), H6777 [24JY] (see H.R. 5034), H7207 [27JY]

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), H7212 [27JY]

Fair Labor Standards Act: amend (see H.R. 5026), H7871 [19SE]

FCC: prohibit from establishing rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations (see H.R. 3439), H575 [29FE]

FDA: establish restrictions relative to the qualifications of physicians prescribing the abortion drug known as RU-486 (see H.R. 5385), H8799 [4OC]

———uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2129), H7211 [27JY]

Federal Deposit Insurance Act: require periodic cost-of-living adjustments to the maximum amount of deposit insurance available (see H.R. 4467), H7003 [25JY]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: improve implementation (see H.R. 4502), H7503 [12SE]

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]

Food Quality Protection Act: establish certain requirements (see H.R. 1592), H2606 [4MY]

FTC: issue new rules regulating telemarketing firms (see H.R. 3180), H1675 [3AP]

Gambling: prohibit gambling on high school and college sports and the Olympic games (see H.R. 3575), H1675 [3AP]

George Atlee Goodling Post Office Building, York, PA: designate (see H.R. 5210), H7870 [19SE]

Gertrude A. Barber Post Office Building, Erie, PA: designate (see H.R. 4625), H4173 [9JN]

Health: assure coverage of emergency services under group health plans and health insurance (see H.R. 904), H1477 [28MR]

———revise and extend organ procurement and transplantation programs (see H.R. 3885), H1852 [5AP]

Immigration: 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), H1589 [29MR]

Insurance: coverage of long-term care services (see H. Con. Res. 412), H8406 [27SE]

Iron and steel industry: provide relief from injury caused by steel imports and request the ITC to commence an expedited investigation for positive adjustment (see H. Res. 635), H10036 [17OC]

Joseph F. Smith Post Office Building, Philadelphia, PA: designate (see H.R. 4554), H3867 [25MY]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 3633), H7652 [14SE]

Korean War: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 86), H511 [16FE]

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]

Medicaid: State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see H.R. 3698), H2512 [3MY]

Medicare: eliminate reduction in payment rates to home health agencies for home health services (see H.R. 4219), H1957 [6AP]

———improve methodology for the calculation of Medicare+Choice program payment rates (see H.R. 4951), H7002 [25JY]

———increase access to health care for beneficiaries through telehealth services (see H.R. 4841), H7933 [20SE]

———increase payment rates to Medicare+Choice organizations to correct inequities in rural and urban areas (see H.R. 5288), H8061 [25SE]

———payments made under the prospective payment system for home health services (see H.R. 4727), H5036 [22JN]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H2411 [2MY]

———revise the calculation of base payment rates for the prospective payment system for home health services (see H.R. 5163), H7577 [13SE]

Medicare/Medicaid: waive certain nurse aide training requirements (see H.R. 4547), H8062 [25SE]

Middle East: prohibit U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority if a Palestinian state is declared unilaterally (see H.R. 4976), H7933 [20SE]

Montgomery, G.V. (Sonny): name an honorary room in the House of Representatives wing of the Capitol (see H. Res. 491), H2655 [8MY]

Monuments and memorials: prohibit extension or establishment of any national monument without an express act of Congress (see H.R. 4121), H1587 [29MR]

———require input from stakeholders, State and local governments, and the Congress prior to designation of any national monument (see H. Con. Res. 254), H510 [16FE]

National Trails System Act: clarify Federal authority relative to land acquisition from willing sellers for the majority of trails (see H.R. 2267), H1958 [6AP]

———require compensation of property owners when certain railbanked trails are developed for public use (see H.R. 4086), H1405 [23MR]

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]

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

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 3842), H2341 [13AP]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 4844), H6471 [18JY]

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

Robert S. Walker Post Office, Millersville, PA: designate (see H.R. 5418), H9504 [6OC]

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

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

Social Security: computation system for benefits relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 1217), H7128 [26JY]

States: permit individuals to operate commercial motor vehicles within State borders after meeting minimum standards (see H.R. 3219), H2607 [4MY]

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

———exclude from self-employment earnings certain payments under the Conservation Reserve Program (see H.R. 4064), H3813 [24MY]

———exclusion from gross income for foster care payments relative to certain nongovernmental placement agencies (see H.R. 1194), H7002 [25JY]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 4728), H7652 [14SE]

———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 incentives for renewal of distressed communities and empowerment zone development, increase the number of empowerment zones, and encourage investment in new markets (see H.R. 4923), H6776 [24JY]

———provide relief for payment of asbestos-related claims (see H.R. 4543), H7212 [27JY]

———recycling and remanufacturing equipment credit (see H.R. 2953), H7128 [26JY]

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

———treatment of certain farm rental income and all payments under the environmental conservation acreage reserve program (see H.R. 4260), H2238 [12AP]

———treatment of computers provided to employees for personal use (see H.R. 4274), H2906 [10MY]

———treatment of estate taxes on value of certain property restricted to use as farmland (see H.R. 4101), H1476 [28MR]

———treatment of gross income gain on the sale or exchange of certain property restricted to use as farmland (see H.R. 4100), H1476 [28MR]

———treatment of payments received pursuant to the Declaration on Extraordinary Emergency Because of Plum Pox Virus (see H.R. 5211), H8469 [28SE]

———treatment of printed wiring boards and printed wiring assembly equipment (see H.R. 1122), H8617 [2OC]

———treatment of volunteer firefighter savings account contributions (see H.R. 1870), H1674 [3AP]

Telephones: protect consumers against slamming and cramming and provide jurisdiction over deceptive trade practices to the FTC (see H.R. 2727), H1764 [4AP]

Television: ensure local service to small, rural markets by satellite providers (see H.R. 3615), H339 [10FE]

Tobacco products: prohibit the importation of bidi cigarettes (see H.R. 3628), H9011 [5OC]

Turkey: call for the release of certain Kurdish members of the Parliament from prison, and for the recognition of full cultural and language rights for the Kurdish people (see H. Res. 461), H9505 [6OC]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: eliminate administrative waste, fraud, and abuse in fish and wildlife restoration projects funded by excise taxes on hunting and fishing equipment (see H.R. 3671), H509 [16FE]

Veterans: mint coins in commemoration and use proceeds of surcharges imposed on the sale of such coins to fund the transport of veterans to and from Dept. of Veterans Affairs hospitals (see H.R. 5397), H9010 [5OC]

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 2720), H1674 [3AP]

Water pollution: exempt discharges from certain silviculture activities from permit requirements of the national pollutant discharge elimination system (see H.R. 3625), H2905 [10MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

FEC: require candidates for election to Federal office to report information on the use of Federal aircraft while campaigning (see H.R. 4650), H4336 [13JN]

Medicaid: permit additional States to enter into long-term care partnerships in order to promote the use of long-term care insurance (see H.R. 5002), H7206 [27JY]

Medicare: eliminate reduction in the market basket percentage under the prospective payment system for payments to small rural hospitals (see H.R. 4996), H7206 [27JY]

———establish a minimum adjustment to payments to hospitals for costs attributable to wages (see H.R. 4998), H7206 [27JY]

———improve Medicare-dependent, small rural hospital program (see H.R. 4997), H7206 [27JY]

———provide for equity in the amount of disproportionate share payment adjustments between urban and rural hospitals (see H.R. 4995), H7206 [27JY]

Native Americans: payment of State taxes on the sale of cigarettes and motor fuel by tribal retail enterprises to persons that are not members of the tribe (see H.R. 5244), H7990 [21SE]

Pope, Edmond: demand release from Russian prison for humanitarian reasons (see H. Con. Res. 364), H5084 [23JN] (see H. Con. Res. 404), H7871 [19SE]

Tariff: polyamides (see H.R. 3838), H647 [6MR]

Remarks

Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (H.R. 701), H2866, H2884, H2885, H2886 [10MY]

Congressional Rural Caucus: reestablishment to address issues impacting rural areas, H959 [14MR]

Conservation and Reinvestment Act: Payment in Lieu of Taxes Program funding, H2866 [10MY]

Dept. of Energy: solar and renewable energy technology programs funding, H5252 [27JN]

Dept. of HHS: review of Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network rules and policies, H1708 [4AP]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), H4463, H4464, H4465, H4466, H4469 [14JN]

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

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), H4838 [21JN]

Education: national policy to improve system, H9807 [11OC]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4733), H5252 [27JN]

EPA: limit funding for activities included in the Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gas emissions prior to implementation, H4838 [21JN], H5137 [26JN]

Forest Service: recreation programs funding through reductions in Dept. of Energy petroleum technology programs, H4463, H4464, H4465 [14JN]

———watershed improvement and fish and wildlife protection programs funding through reductions in Timber Sales Management Program, H4469 [14JN]

Health: prohibit State and local interference with organ allocation policies of the National Organ Transplant Network, H1702 [4AP]

———recognize differences in organ transplantation between adults and children and study immunosupressive drugs provided to children, H1701 [4AP]

———revise and extend organ procurement and transplantation programs (H.R. 2418), H1694, H1701, H1702, H1708 [4AP]

———revise and extend organ procurement and transplantation programs (H.R. 2418), consideration (H. Res. 454), H1684 [4AP]

Pennsylvania: impact of petroleum shortages and prices on local producers, H8921 [5OC]

Petroleum: decrease dependence on foreign sources through use of renewable fuels, conservation, improving efficiency, and increasing domestic energy supplies, H5252 [27JN]

———dependence on foreign sources, H4463, H4464 [14JN]

Pope, Edmond: arrest and treatment in Russia, H5078 [23JN]

———demand release from Russian prison for humanitarian reasons, H7070 [26JY]

———demand release from Russian prison for humanitarian reasons (H. Con. Res. 404), H9587 [10OC]

Power resources: national energy policy, H8796 [4OC], H8921 [5OC]

———promote use of hydrogen in combination with fossil and synthetic fuels, H5252 [27JN]

Public lands: restrict Federal acquisition of lands to certain designated areas, H2884, H2885, H2886 [10MY]

Rural areas: impact of Federal public policy changes on economic expansion, H8599, H8600, H8601, H8602, H8604 [2OC], H8796 [4OC]

Taxation: eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), H145, H148 [1FE]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 3709), H2792 [10MY]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), H4030 [7JN]

———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R. 7), H1458, H1459, H1460 [28MR]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: eliminate administrative waste, fraud, and abuse in fish and wildlife restoration projects funded by excise taxes on hunting and fishing equipment (H.R. 3671), H1812 [5AP]

Votes: position on missed, H9048 [6OC]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H277 [9FE], H983 [14MR], H5034 [22JN], H7127 [26JY], H8734 [3OC], H8797 [4OC], H9008 [5OC], H9816 [11OC], H11714 [31OC]

Tribute, H9588 [10OC]

Tributes

Goodling, Representative, H8622 [3OC]