GREEN, MARK (a Representative from Wisconsin)

Articles and editorials

New Laos Policy Urged, Washington (DC) Times, E2214 [15DE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 3660), H454 [15FE]

Agriculture: provide tax and regulatory relief for farmers and improve competitiveness of U.S. commodities and products in global markets (see H.R. 4885), H7129 [26JY]

———repeal peanut quotas, reduce peanut loan rates, and require the Dept. of Agriculture to purchase peanuts for nutrition programs (see H.R. 2571), H3049 [15MY]

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

Animals: prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (see H.R. 2166), H9011 [5OC]

———provide for a system of sanctuaries for chimpanzees that are no longer needed in research conducted by the Public Health Service (see H.R. 3514), H9011 [5OC]

Armed Forces: improve Montgomery GI Bill benefits by improving and expanding educational assistance programs (see H.R. 1182), H8736 [3OC]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3573), H219 [7FE]

Armstrong, Lance: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 5258), H9901 [12OC]

Belarus: human rights violations and democracy efforts (see H. Con. Res. 304), H2341 [13AP]

Birds: prohibit interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to States in which animal fighting is lawful (see H.R. 1275), H9635 [10OC]

Budget: ensure on-budget surplus is used to reduce the public debt (see H.R. 3695), H510 [16FE]

———provide for reconciliation of the concurrent resolution to reduce the public debt and to decrease the statutory debt limit (see H.R. 4601), H4120 [8JN] (see H.R. 4866), H6354 [17JY] (see H.R. 5173), H7650 [14SE]

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), H6355 [17JY]

Census: limit penalties for refusing or neglecting to answer decennial census questions beyond those necessary for enumeration of the population (see H.R. 4154), H1958 [6AP]

Children and youth: protect infants who are born alive (see H.R. 4292), H7281 [6SE]

Commission for the Comprehensive Study of Privacy Protection: establish (see H.R. 4049), H2512 [3MY]

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), H6355 [17JY]

Computers: prevent the use of certain bank instruments for Internet gambling (see H.R. 4419), H5037 [22JN]

Congress: make certain information available to the public on the Internet (see H.R. 654), H1588 [29MR]

Congressional Research Service: make certain publications and congressional documents available to the public on the Internet (see H.R. 4582), H6471 [18JY]

Courts: legal definition of human life relative to presence of brain wave activity and spontaneous cardiac activity (see H. Con. Res. 305), H2239 [12AP]

Crime: mandatory minimum sentencing for online child molesters (see H.R. 4076), H1764 [4AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: agricultural trade programs funding (see H.R. 3593), H1163 [21MR]

———regulate loans to certain processors of sugarcane and sugar beets (see H.R. 1850), H3172 [16MY]

Dept. of Defense: protect citizen soldiers (see H.R. 4669), H7503 [12SE]

Dept. of Justice: establish the Violence Against Women Office (see H.R. 4848), H7366 [7SE]

Dept. of the Interior: authorize States to establish hunting seasons for double-crested cormorants (see H.R. 3118), H7578 [13SE]

———National Park Service snowmobile regulations (see H.R. 4560), H4036 [7JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: retire publicly held debt each fiscal year (see H.R. 4505), H7212 [27JY]

Dept. of Transportation: prohibit action to finalize, implement, or enforce a rule relative to the hours of service of drivers for motor carriers (see H.R. 4511), H4337 [13JN]

Drug abuse: combat methamphetamine production and abuse (see H.R. 2613), H3649 [23MY]

Education: establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (see H.R. 4271), H3413 [18MY]

———increase amount of loan forgiveness for teachers (see H.R. 3880), H1764 [4AP]

———tribute to home educators and home schooled students (see H. Res. 578), H7651 [14SE]

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), H6776 [24JY]

Fair Labor Standards Act: clarify treatment of stock options (see H.R. 4182), H2512 [3MY]

False Claims Act: eliminate minimum fines (see H.R. 4142), H1628 [30MR]

Families and domestic relations: grants to carry out certain activities promoting adoption counseling (see H.R. 2511), H2411 [2MY]

FCC: clarify service obligations of noncommercial educational broadcast stations (see H.R. 4201), H4121 [8JN]

———follow normal rulemaking procedures in establishing additional requirements for noncommercial educational television broadcasters (see H.R. 3525), H165 [1FE]

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), H209 [2FE]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: improve implementation (see H.R. 4502), H4121 [8JN]

FHA: require partial rebates of mortgage insurance premiums to certain mortgagors upon payment of their FHA-insured mortgages (see H.R. 4795), H7212 [27JY]

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: defend fundamental human rights to family, conscience, and life in international negotiations (see H. Res. 521), H4485 [14JN]

———reduce, suspend, or terminate certain assistance to countries engaged in oil price fixing to the detriment of the U.S. economy (see H.R. 3822), H998 [14MR]

Forests: establish mandatory procedures to be followed in advance of the permanent closure of any forest road (see H.R. 1523), H342 [10FE]

Frederick Douglass Gardens, Inc.: establish a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs (see H.R. 5331), H8468 [28SE]

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

Gambling: prohibit gambling on high school and college sports and the Olympic games (see H.R. 3575), H2411 [2MY]

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

Great Lakes: prohibit vessels from discharging ballast water that contains nonindigenous aquatic species and treat such water, and its sediments, using the most effective and efficient methods available (see H.R. 4191), H6052 [13JY]

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

Housing: expand protections for especially vulnerable consumers against abusive mortgage lending practices and streamline the framework regulating mortgage originations (see H.R. 4213), H2906 [10MY]

Hunting and trapping: recognize hunting heritage and provide opportunities for continued hunting on public lands (see H.R. 4790), H5654 [29JN]

Immigration: establish a system of registries for temporary agricultural workers and streamline the procedures for the admission, and extension of stay, for nonimmigrant agricultural workers (see H.R. 4548), H4122 [8JN]

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]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 3633), H2607 [4MY]

Korean War: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 86), H165 [1FE]

Korean War Veterans Association, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 1671), H7502 [12SE]

Law enforcement: facilitate exchange and collection of DNA identification information from violent offenders (see H.R. 4640), H4592 [15JN]

Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1093), H7002 [25JY]

Les Aspin Post Office Building, Janesville, WI: designate (see H.R. 4241), H2122 [11AP]

Marshall Islands: name the Army missile range at Kwajalein Atoll for former President Ronald Reagan (see H.R. 3554), H455 [15FE]

Medicaid: coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services for certain women screened under federally funded programs (see H.R. 1070), H2512 [3MY]

Medicare: coverage of medical nutrition therapy services (see H.R. 1187), H1077 [15MR]

———eliminate budget neutrality adjustment factor used in calculating blended capitation rate for Medicare+Choice organizations (see H.R. 406), H1406 [23MR]

———expand and make permanent the demonstration project for military retirees and dependents (see H.R. 1413), H8406 [27SE]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H4121 [8JN]

Medicare/Medicaid: waive certain nurse aide training requirements (see H.R. 4547), H5085 [23JN]

Mental health: issue commemorative postage stamp to raise autism awareness (see H. Res. 458), H4036 [7JN]

Mexico: adopt measures to support a peaceful resolution of the conflict and to protect human rights in Chiapas (see H. Con. Res. 238), H7212 [27JY]

National Guard: extend to military technicians certain provisions concerning separation and retirement benefits of Army Reserve and Air Force Reserve military technicians (see H.R. 4361), H4592 [15JN]

———provide more equitable civil service retirement and retention provisions for technicians (see H.R. 5342), H8468 [28SE]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (see H.R. 3433), H3172 [16MY]

National Law Enforcement Museum: establish (see H.R. 2710), H7281 [6SE]

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

Occupational Safety and Health Act: waive applicability to employment performed in an employee's residence (see H.R. 3518), H2512 [3MY]

O'Connor, John Cardinal: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3557), H342 [10FE]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: establish a Chief Agricultural Negotiator (see H.R. 3173), H1764 [4AP]

Ohio: constitutionality of State motto (see H. Res. 494), H2967 [11MY]

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]

OSHA: require public comment, and a sound scientific basis, for proposed ergonomics regulations (see H. Con. Res. 260), H631 [1MR]

Petroleum: establish a Midwest Clean Air Gasoline Reserve (see H.R. 4784), H5654 [29JN]

———prohibit use of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE), provide flexibility within the EPA's oxygenate requirements, and promote the use of renewable ethanol (see H.R. 4011), H2122 [11AP]

Pope John Paul II: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3544), H998 [14MR]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 3842), H3813 [24MY]

Public debt: allow individuals to designate a portion of their income tax return for deficit reduction (see H.R. 5349), H8551 [29SE]

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

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), H7578 [13SE]

Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 1601), H342 [10FE]

———eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 5), H574 [29FE]

———extend availability of State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments (see H.R. 4393), H7652 [14SE]

———include additional information in account statements (see H.R. 5028), H7207 [27JY]

———modify reporting requirements (see H.R. 3578), H757 [8MR]

States: permit funding of prescription drugs for minors relative to parental consent (see H.R. 3302), H7211 [27JY]

Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act: rename as the ``McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act'' (see H.R. 5417), H9768 [11OC]

Taxation: allow deduction for charitable contributions to individuals who do not itemize other deductions (see H.R. 1310), H3049 [15MY]

———clarify the child credit allowance, the personal exemptions deduction, and the earned income credit for missing children (see H.R. 5117), H7503 [12SE]

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

———exclude from gross income payments made under Dept. of Defense programs for the repayment of student loans of members of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 4214), H1957 [6AP]

———exclude from self-employment earnings certain payments under the Conservation Reserve Program (see H.R. 4064), H2906 [10MY]

———exempt State and local political committees from certain notification and reporting requirements applicable to political organizations (see H.R. 5265), H8406 [27SE]

———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]

———increase unified estate and gift tax credit and provide for inflation adjustment (see H.R. 4112), H1587 [29MR]

———permit certain individuals to make catch-up contributions under individual retirement plans (see H.R. 4546), H3867 [25MY]

———prevent companies from reinsuring income in Bermuda or other tax havens to avoid paying U.S. income tax (see H.R. 4192), H6471 [18JY]

———prohibit certain allocations of S corporation stock held by an employee stock ownership plan (see H.R. 3082), H4817 [21JN]

———provide a higher purchase price limitation applicable to mortgage subsidy bonds based on median family income (see H.R. 4552), H7652 [14SE]

———provide that ancestors or lineal descendants of members of the Armed Forces shall be taken into account in determining tax-exempt status of veterans' organizations (see H.R. 4434), H3869 [25MY]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 3916), H2770 [9MY]

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

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

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

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1366), H2340 [13AP]

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

———treatment of certain farmland sold with a principal residence (see H.R. 4421), H3413 [18MY]

———treatment of computers provided to employees for personal use (see H.R. 4274), H2967 [11MY]

———treatment of contributions of computers to schools and public libraries (see H.R. 2308), H2512 [3MY]

———treatment of individual retirement accounts relative to charitable contributions (see H.R. 1311), H1077 [15MR]

Telecommunications: promote deployment of advanced services and competition by relieving unnecessary burdens on the two percent local exchange carriers (see H.R. 3850), H1078 [15MR]

Veterans: pay special compensation to certain severely disabled military retirees (see H.R. 44), H8406 [27SE]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 65), H8406 [27SE]

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

Women: reauthorize Federal programs to prevent violence against women (see H.R. 1248), H4591 [15JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

CBO: analyze impact of proposed Federal private sector mandates (see H.R. 4698), H4783 [20JN]

Committee for Review of Administrative Rules (Joint): establish (see H.R. 3592), H254 [8FE]

Crime: life imprisonment for repeat offenders who commit sex offenses against children (see H.R. 4047), H1163 [21MR]

———penalties for the placing of sexual explicit photographs on the Internet without the permission of the persons photographed (see H.R. 5462), H9900 [12OC]

———prevent identity fraud (see H.R. 5299), H8199 [26SE]

Ferber, Edna: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Res. 619), H9635 [10OC]

House of Representatives: direct the posting of all lobbying registrations and reports, filed with the Clerk, on the official public Internet site (see H. Res. 462), H1852 [5AP]

Native Americans: improve American Indian Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (see H.R. 3629), H340 [10FE]

Taxation: provide that income averaging for farmers shall be applied by taking into account negative taxable income during the base period years (see H.R. 4381), H2605 [4MY]

Letters

Appointment of an Ambassador to Laos: by, E2082 [3NO]

Forest Service road construction, public access, and timber management policies relative to roadless areas initiative: Brian Swearingen, H11997 [5DE]

———David S. Majewski, Florence County, WI, Forestry and Parks Agency, H11998 [5DE]

———Edward Piontek, Jr., Forest Sawmill, Inc., H11997 [5DE]

———Kevin King, H11998 [5DE]

———Richard Connor, Jr., Pine River Transport, Ltd., H11998 [5DE]

———Richard Krawze, Goodman Forest Industries, Ltd., H11998 [5DE]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 3660), H1786 [5AP]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), H5555 [29JN]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 3908), H1609 [30MR]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), H1315, H1359 [23MR]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 474), H2245 [13AP]

Business and industry: establish a statute of repose for durable goods (H.R. 2005), consideration (H. Res. 412), H172 [2FE]

Colombia: drug interdiction assistance, H6022 [13JY]

———eliminate all drug interdiction and counter-drug military assistance funding in emergency supplemental appropriations, H1609 [30MR]

Crime: encourage States to incarcerate individuals convicted of murder, rape, or child molestation (H.R. 894), H5754 [11JY]

———life imprisonment for repeat offenders who commit sex offenses against children (H.R. 4047), H6940, H6941 [25JY]

Dept. of HUD: establish a pilot program to assist law enforcement officers purchasing homes in locally-designated high-crime areas, E1910 [25OC]

———establish a pilot program to provide homeownership assistance to disabled families, E1910 [25OC]

———establish consensus committee for development, revision, and interpretation of safety standards for manufactured home construction (S. 1452), E1910 [25OC]

———Public Housing Operating Fund funding, H4748 [20JN]

Dept. of Justice: provide assistance to State and local forensic laboratories in analyzing DNA samples from convicted offenders, H5046 [23JN]

Dept. of State: investigation into abduction of Houa Ly and Michael Vang in Laos, E2214 [15DE]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), H4499 [15JN], E1041 [19JN]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4690), H5046 [23JN]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), H4748 [20JN], H4865 [21JN]

EPA: dredging of contaminated sediments, H4865 [21JN]

Florence, WI: tribute to Food, Fun, and Fitness Summer Program, E454 [30MR]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4811), H6022 [13JY]

Forest Service: road construction, public access, and timber management policies relative to roadless areas initiative, H11997 [5DE]

———roads moratorium relative to access to public forests, H4499 [15JN]

Health: provide grants to States or private sector institutions to foster organ donor programs, H1715 [4AP]

———revise and extend organ procurement and transplantation programs (H.R. 2418), H1692, H1715 [4AP]

Heritage Hill Foundation: anniversary, E1507 [18SE]

Housing: expand homeownership, E1910 [25OC]

———expand homeownership (H.R. 1776), H1860, H1899, H1914 [6AP]

———strike increase in median household income relative to housing assistance eligibility through community development block grant funds, H1914 [6AP]

Kosovo: prohibit emergency supplemental appropriations for U.S. Armed Forces except to bring troops and equipment back to the U.S., H1609 [30MR]

Laos: support democracy and human rights, E2214 [15DE]

Lowney, Garrett: tribute for participation in Olympic games, E1626 [28SE]

Native Americans: improve American Indian Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (H.R. 3629), H2366 [2MY]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H247 [8FE]

Taxation: eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), H263 [9FE]

———provide that income averaging for farmers shall be applied by taking into account negative taxable income during the base period years, H5555 [29JN]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4199), consideration (H. Res. 473), H2263 [13AP]

Votes: position on missed, H4087 [8JN], H7885 [20SE], E161 [16FE], E477 [3AP], E1909 [25OC]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H12016 [5DE]

Reports

Federal Activities in Wisconsin Forestry: L.F. Kneipp, Forest Service, E1043 [19JN]

Historical Development of the Nicolet National Forest: J. Terry Moore, E1044 [19JN]

Resolutions by organizations

Protection, access, and use of National Forests: Chequamegon and Nicolet National Forest employees, E1042 [19JN]

———Forest County, WI, Board of Supervisors, E1042 [19JN]

———Oconto County, WI, Board of Supervisors, E1042 [19JN]

———Oneida County, WI, Board of Supervisors, E1042 [19JN]

———Vilas County, WI, Board of Supervisors, E1042 [19JN]