SKEEN, JOE (a Representative from New Mexico)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4425, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure, H4216 [12JN]

———H.R. 4461, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, H8431 [28SE]

———H.R. 4576, Dept. of Defense appropriations, H5923 [12JY]

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

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

Articles and editorials

Tobias Remembered, Dianne Stallings, Ruidoso (NM) News, E763 [18MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations for wildland fire management (see H.R. 4452), H3049 [15MY]

Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 2966), H219 [7FE]

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]

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), H6777 [24JY]

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

Crime: provide incentives for States to enact mandatory minimum sentences for certain firearms offenses (see H.R. 4051), H2013 [10AP]

Dept. of Defense: Navy Theater-Wide Missile Defense system and Theater High-Altitude Area Defense system testing program development (see H.R. 2596), H2340 [13AP]

Dept. of Justice: appointment of an independent counsel to investigate whether officials from the People's Republic of China tried to illegally influence the 1996 Presidential election (see H.R. 5161), H7871 [19SE]

———establish Bureau of Immigration Services and the Bureau of Immigration Enforcement (see H.R. 3918), H4485 [14JN]

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]

Education: importance and value of U.S. history education (see H. Con. Res. 366), H5655 [29JN]

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

Energy Policy Act: cleanup of uranium and thorium mill sites (see H.R. 2641), H1163 [21MR]

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

FCC: follow normal rulemaking procedures in establishing additional requirements for noncommercial educational television broadcasters (see H.R. 3525), H48 [27JA]

———prohibit from establishing rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations (see H.R. 3439), H48 [27JA]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: improve implementation (see H.R. 4502), H4592 [15JN]

Financial institutions: records and reports on monetary instruments transactions (see H.R. 518), H1284 [22MR]

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]

Firefighters: authorize equal overtime pay for all Federal employees engaged in wildfire suppression operations (see H.R. 2814), H3309 [17MY]

Forests: establish mandatory procedures to be followed in advance of the permanent closure of any forest road (see H.R. 1523), H1852 [5AP]

Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption: implementation (see H.R. 2342), H255 [8FE]

Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (see H.R. 2420), H1285 [22MR]

Insurance: make the same health insurance options afforded to executive and judicial branch employees available to Federal annuitants, legislative branch employees, and Armed Forces members and retirees (see H.R. 4277), H5737 [10JY]

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), H3173 [16MY]

Law enforcement officers: clarify procedures and conditions for the award of matching grants for the purchase of armor vests (see H.R. 4033), H1675 [3AP]

———exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H757 [8MR]

Lumber industry: promote open and competitive trade of softwood lumber between the U.S. and Canada (see H. Con. Res. 252), H2341 [13AP]

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

Medicaid: establish a new prospective payment system for federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics (see H.R. 2341), H7652 [14SE]

Monuments and memorials: 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 Center for Rural Law Enforcement: funding (see H.R. 2564), H1123 [20MR]

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

Navajo Code Talkers: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4527), H8200 [26SE]

Olympic games: mint commemorative coins to support the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games and U.S. Olympic Committee programs (see H.R. 3679), H4592 [15JN]

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), H3049 [15MY]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 3842), H2512 [3MY]

———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), H3412 [18MY]

Power resources: enhance use of renewable energy resources, conserve energy resources, improve energy efficiency, and increase domestic energy supplies (see H.R. 4805), H5655 [29JN]

———establish and implement competitive, environmentally sound, and job creating oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (see H.R. 2250), H2340 [13AP]

———simplify Federal oil and gas revenue distributions (see H.R. 4340), H2339 [13AP]

Presidential appointments: require the appointment of the Chief of the Forest Service by the President (see H.R. 3040), H219 [7FE]

Public lands: acquire Valles Caldera lands in New Mexico, establish a trust to manage such lands, and reform the Federal land management process (see H.R. 3288), H2905 [10MY]

———eliminate hazardous fuels buildup and undertake other forest management projects to protect communities from wildfires (see H.R. 1522), H5084 [23JN]

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]

Roads and highways: issue commemorative postage stamp honoring anniversary of commissioning of U.S. Route 66 (see H. Res. 436), H757 [8MR]

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), H3813 [24MY]

Social Security: computation system for benefits relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 1217), H1958 [6AP]

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]

———exclude from self-employment earnings certain payments under the Conservation Reserve Program (see H.R. 4064), H2341 [13AP]

———increase annual limitation on nondeductible contributions and adjust for inflation the amount of deductible contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1322), H2905 [10MY]

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

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

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

Unemployment: improve the collection of Federal unemployment taxes and the provision of such revenues for employment security administration (see H.R. 3174), H2655 [8MY]

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), H12021 [6DE]

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

Water Resources Research Act: reauthorize grants for water resources research and technology institutes (see H.R. 4132), H2239 [12AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (see H.R. 4461), H3171 [16MY] (see H.R. 5426), H9504 [6OC]

Forest Service: eliminate National Forest System regional system and replace regional offices with State offices (see H.R. 4572), H3868 [25MY]

Native Americans: provide trust fund expenditures by the Zuni Pueblo Tribe (see H.R. 4725), H5036 [22JN]

New Mexico: convey certain properties in the vicinity of the Elephant Butte Reservoir and the Caballo Reservoir (see H.R. 5359), H8617 [2OC]

———require the valuation of nontribal interest ownership of subsurface rights within the boundaries of the Acoma Indian Reservation (see H.R. 4724), H5036 [22JN]

Letters

Dept. of Agriculture development of an effective interface between the Farm Service Agency's Farm and Home Plan software and Minnesota's FINPACK software: Keith Kelly, Dept. of Agriculture, H5769 [11JY]

FDA facility construction in Los Angeles, CA: Grocery Manufacturers of America (organization), H1613 [30MR]

Remarks

Agriculture: disaster assistance to fruit producers, H5705 [10JY]

———establish grants and loans for equity capital to establish farmer-owned cooperatives, H1567 [29MR]

———Fund for Rural America and the Initiative for Future Agriculture and Food Systems funding, H1603 [30MR]

———price supports for cranberries, H5684 [10JY]

———price supports for wool and mohair, H5776, H5777 [11JY]

———prohibit products containing dry ultra-filtered milk or casein from being labeled domestic natural cheese, H5683, H5684 [10JY]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), H5443, H5456, H5534, H5535, H5538, H5541, H5542, H5547, H5548, H5550, H5552, H5553, H5554, H5588, H5592, H5594, H5598 [29JN], H5683, H5684, H5685, H5693, H5694, H5697, H5700, H5701, H5705, H5709, H5715, H5718 [10JY], H5769, H5770, H5773, H5776, H5777, H5778, H5784, H5791, H5792 [11JY], H8426 [28SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4461), conference report, H9681, H9698 [11OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4461), motion to instruct conferees, H8430 [28SE]

AID: employment of contractors for deployment of Food for Peace Program commodities, H5594 [29JN]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations, H5547, H5548 [29JN]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 3908), H1552, H1565, H1567, H1568 [29MR], H1603, H1611, H1613 [30MR]

Carlsbad Irrigation District: convey certain real property within the Carlsbad project in New Mexico (S. 291), H3886 [6JN]

CCC: disaster assistance funding for onion farmers in Orange County, NY, H5709, H5710 [10JY]

Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (H.R. 701), H2848 [10MY]

Connecticut: recovery of disaster aid payments made to oyster harvesters, H5693 [10JY]

Coshocton, OH: North Appalachian Experimental Watershed Research Station funding, H5535 [29JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service emergency funding, H5553, H5554 [29JN]

———Asian Longhorned Beetle eradication funding, H5552 [29JN]

———colonias initiatives funding, H5592, H5598 [29JN]

———develop effective interface between the Farm Service Agency's Farm and Home Plan software and Minnesota's FINPACK software, H5769, H5770 [11JY]

———emphasize use of nonlethal methods of predator control for livestock protection at small farms and ranches, H5715 [10JY]

———export of nonfat dry milk through the Dairy Export Incentive Program, H5683 [10JY]

———Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution and Florida State University joint aquaculture project funding, H5456 [29JN]

———inspection of agricultural products and fish imported from Iran, H5550 [29JN]

———Market Access Program funding, H5701 [10JY]

———resolution of certain civil rights discrimination cases, H5784 [11JY]

———senior citizen meal programs funding through reductions in Food for Peace Program, H5588 [29JN]

———special research grants funding, H5542 [29JN]

———use of biofuels such as ethanol and biodiesel, H5709 [10JY]

Droughts: rural water needs funding, H5538, H5541 [29JN]

Drugs: allow importation of prescription drugs into the U.S. by pharmacists and wholesalers for resale and by U.S. citizens for personal use, H9698 [11OC]

Education: importance and value of U.S. history education (S. Con. Res. 129), H5669 [10JY]

FDA: Center for Veterinary Research funding for antibiotic drugs for livestock, H5685 [10JY]

———facility construction funding in Los Angeles, CA, H1611, H1613 [30MR]

———prohibit funding to prevent importation into the U.S. of certain approved drugs, H5697, H5700 [10JY]

———prohibit funding to vaccine-related advisory committees that grant conflicts of interest waivers, H5778 [11JY]

———review of Tulane University Medical School research on the presence of squalene antibodies in the blood of Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, H5534 [29JN]

Fish and fishing: commercial lobster fisheries assistance funding, H1568 [29MR]

Forest Service: eliminate National Forest System regional system and replace regional offices with State offices (H.R. 4572), E862 [25MY]

Iran: condemn arrest and detention of Iranian Jews accused of espionage, H5550 [29JN]

Los Alamos, NM: tribute to Postal Service for mail delivery efforts during wildfires, E762 [18MY]

Michigan: bovine tuberculosis research funding, H1552 [29MR]

Native Americans: provide trust fund expenditures by the Zuni Pueblo Tribe (H.R. 4725), E1082 [22JN]

New Mexico: require the valuation of nontribal interest ownership of subsurface rights within the boundaries of the Acoma Indian Reservation (H.R. 4724), E1082 [22JN]

Pipelines: improve safety and environmental protection (S. 2438), E1777 [13OC]

Point of order, H5540, H5554 [29JN], H5701 [10JY]

Princeville, NC: Flood Water Mitigation and Stream Restoration Project funding, H1565 [29MR]

Taxation: eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), H194 [2FE]

Reports filed

Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations: Committee of Conference (H.R. 4461) (H. Rept. 106-948), H9504 [6OC]

———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 4461) (H. Rept. 106-619), H3171 [16MY]

Tables

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations (H.R. 4461), H5444-H5449 [29JN]

———conference report, H9682-H9689 [11OC]

Tributes

Tobias, Samuel J., E763 [18MY]

Yates, Sidney R., E1976 [28OC]