WALDEN, GREG (a Representative from Oregon)

Amendments

Harney County, OR: designate wilderness areas and a cooperative management and protection area in the vicinity of Steens Mountain (H.R. 4828), H8736 [3OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: provide tax and regulatory relief for farmers and improve competitiveness of U.S. commodities and products in global markets (see H.R. 4885), H6598 [19JY]

Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 2966), H50 [27JA] (see H.R. 3573), H219 [7FE]

Armstrong, Lance: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 5258), H9011 [5OC]

Aviation: ensure general aviation aircraft access to Federal land and to the airspace over that land (see H.R. 3661), H7281 [6SE]

———provide basic consumer protection standards and improve access to airline industry information (see H.R. 700), H8736 [3OC]

Boy Scouts: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 384), H7503 [12SE]

Children and youth: support mentoring programs (see H. Res. 552), H6052 [13JY]

Coal: increase maximum acreage of Federal leases that may be held by an entity in any one State (see H.R. 4298), H2771 [9MY]

Computers: improve Internet security and protect against cyberterrorism (see H. Con. Res. 285), H1077 [15MR]

———networking and information technology research and development funding (see H.R. 2086), H219 [7FE]

———tribute to Federal workforce for successfully preparing for year 2000 computer problem (see H. Con. Res. 300), H1957 [6AP]

Contracts: prohibit delinquent Federal debtors from being eligible to enter into Federal contracts (see H.R. 4181), H1851 [5AP]

Crime: constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights (see H.J. Res. 64), H342 [10FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: agricultural trade programs funding (see H.R. 3593), H1477 [28MR]

Dept. of Defense: adjustment of composite theoretical performance levels of high performance computers (see H.R. 3680), H3309 [17MY]

Dept. of HUD: establish consensus committee for development, revision, and interpretation of safety standards for manufactured home construction (see H.R. 710), H8469 [28SE]

Dept. of the Interior: National Park Service snowmobile regulations (see H.R. 4560), H3867 [25MY]

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]

Drugs: combat manufacture, traffic, import, and export of methamphetamine (see H.R. 4248), H4220 [12JN]

———penalties for operating methamphetamine laboratories and increased funding to combat methamphetamine production, trafficking, and abuse (see H.R. 2987), H2905 [10MY]

———prevent abuse of inhalants (see H.R. 4565), H5657 [29JN]

Electric power: promote energy independence and self-sufficiency through net metering by certain small electric energy generation systems (see H.R. 2947), H165 [1FE]

Energy Policy and Conservation Act: eliminate certain plumbing supply regulations (see H.R. 623), H510 [16FE]

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]

FCC: prohibit from establishing rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations (see H.R. 3439), H1477 [28MR]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: improve implementation (see H.R. 4502), H3869 [25MY]

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 trade: identify countries that deny market access for U.S. agricultural products (see H.R. 450), H9900 [12OC]

GAO: require report to Congress on agency regulatory actions (see H.R. 3669), H4121 [8JN]

Government: separation of powers between Congress and the President (see H.R. 2655), H4336 [13JN]

Housing: expand protections for especially vulnerable consumers against abusive mortgage lending practices and streamline the framework regulating mortgage originations (see H.R. 4213), H9900 [12OC]

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), H5037 [22JN]

International law: protect U.S. military personnel and other U.S. officials from criminal prosecution by an international court to which the U.S. is not a party (see H.R. 4654), H7366 [7SE]

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

Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H1674 [3AP]

Little Sandy River: protection of watershed as part of the Bull Run Watershed Management Unit (see H.R. 4580), H9011 [5OC]

Medicaid: establish a new prospective payment system for federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics (see H.R. 2341), H9505 [6OC]

Medicare: eliminate reduction in payment rates to home health agencies for home health services (see H.R. 4219), H4337 [13JN]

———improve methodology for the calculation of Medicare+Choice payment rates (see H.R. 4951), H7212 [27JY]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H4784 [20JN]

Middle East: condemn current level of violence between Israelis and Palestinians (see H. Con. Res. 426), H10037 [17OC]

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), H922 [9MR]

National Historical Publications and Records Commission: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4110), H1587 [29MR]

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

New York: reintroduce the Eastern Timber Wolf to the Catskill Mountains and authorize the Dept. of the Interior to acquire lands through the BLM to facilitate the reintroduction (see H.R. 4496), H3412 [18MY]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: waive applicability to employment performed in an employee's residence (see H.R. 3518), H3523 [22MY]

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]

Oregon: provide for additional place of holding district court (see H.R. 3567), H208 [2FE]

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

Pensions: reform (see H.R. 1102), H6354 [17JY]

Petroleum: authorize oilheat industry research and consumer education programs (see H.R. 380), H632 [1MR]

Political campaigns: increase penalties for making or accepting contributions in the name of another and prohibit foreign nationals from making any campaign-related disbursements (see H.R. 1747), H632 [1MR]

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

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

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]

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), H4485 [14JN]

Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 1601), H209 [2FE]

———eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 5), H454 [15FE]

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

Tariff: prevent circumvention of the sugar tariff-rate quotas (see H.R. 5423), H10257 [18OC]

Taxation: allow a refundable credit for health insurance costs (see H.R. 4113), H2906 [10MY]

———allow a refundable credit to certain low-income members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 1055), H1477 [28MR]

———allow an additional individual retirement account deduction based on unused amounts of deduction limitation in prior years (see H.R. 3620), H340 [10FE]

———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), H2905 [10MY]

———clarify exclusion from gross income for veterans' benefits (see H.R. 71), H8736 [3OC]

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

———dependent care tax credit (see H.R. 963), H9011 [5OC]

———exclude from self-employment earnings certain payments under the Conservation Reserve Program (see H.R. 4064), H2122 [11AP]

———exclusion from gross income for foster care payments relative to certain nongovernmental placement agencies (see H.R. 1194), H574 [29FE]

———increase annual limitation on nondeductible contributions and adjust for inflation the amount of deductible contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1322), H2606 [4MY]

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

———provide additional retirement savings opportunities for small employers and self-employed individuals (see H.R. 352), H9505 [6OC]

———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), H254 [8FE]

———repeal the targeted area limitation on the expense deduction for environmental remediation costs and extend the termination date of such deduction (see H.R. 4003), H8799 [4OC]

———require certain political organizations to report information to the IRS (see H.R. 4717), H5036 [22JN]

———require child support delinquent parents to include their unpaid obligation in gross income, and allow custodial parents a deduction for unpaid child support (see H.R. 816), H1077 [15MR]

———treatment of computers and computer equipment (see H.R. 4279), H8799 [4OC]

———treatment of computers provided to employees for personal use (see H.R. 4274), H3413 [18MY]

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

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), H998 [14MR]

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: Federal payment of fees and costs in proceedings relative to State water rights adjudications (see H.R. 4196), H1851 [5AP]

Water pollution: exempt discharges from certain silviculture activities from permit requirements of the national pollutant discharge elimination system (see H.R. 3625), H3173 [16MY]

Water Resources Research Act: reauthorize grants for water resources research and technology institutes (see H.R. 4132), H2967 [11MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Bureau of Reclamation: conduct feasibility studies to augment water supplies for the Klamath Project (see H.R. 4984), H7128 [26JY]

———participation in the planning, design, and construction of the Bend Feed Canal Pipeline Project in Oregon (see H.R. 4341), H2339 [13AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: authorize sale or exchange of certain administrative sites and other National Forest System lands in Oregon (see H.R. 4774), H5240 [27JN]

Harney County, OR: designate wilderness areas and a cooperative management and protection area in the vicinity of Steens Mountain (see H.R. 4828), H5954 [12JY]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: waive applicability to employment performed in an employee's residence (see H.R. 3643), H341 [10FE]

Oregon: conduct a feasibility study on ways to improve water management in the Burnt, Malheur, Owyhee, and Powder River basins (see H.R. 5307), H8200 [26SE]

———use of trust land and resources of the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation (see H.R. 5681), H12532 [15DE]

Wildfires: tribute to firefighters for efforts in protecting human lives and limiting property losses (see H. Con. Res. 434), H10808 [24OC]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H5171 [27JN]

Letters

Bonneville Power Administration sales of electricity to joint operating entities: Representative Bliley, Committee on Commerce (House), H7398 [12SE]

———Representative Don Young, Committee on Resources (House), H7398 [12SE]

Dept. of Agriculture emphasis on use of nonlethal methods of predator control for livestock protection at small farms and ranches: Phillip C. Ward, Oregon Dept. of Agriculture, H5717 [10JY]

Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Act: Bart Koehler, Wilderness Society, E1812 [17OC]

———John and Cindy Witzel, E1812 [17OC]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H5660 [10JY]

Remarks

Adams, Stanley T.: Medal of Honor recipient, E1170 [30JN]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), H5716 [10JY]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 3908), H1579 [29MR]

Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (H.R. 3573), H928 [13MR]

Bonneville Power Administration: allow sales of electricity to joint operating entities (S. 1937), H7398 [12SE]

Boy Scouts: repeal Federal charter (H.R. 4892), H7453 [12SE], E1525 [19SE]

Bureau of Reclamation: conduct feasibility studies to augment water supplies for the Klamath Project (S. 2882), H10518 [23OC]

———cost sharing for Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins endangered fish recovery implementation programs (H.R. 2348), corrections in enrollment (S. Con. Res. 151), H10069 [18OC]

———participation in the planning, design, and construction of the Bend Feed Canal Pipeline Project in Oregon (S. 2425), H10517 [23OC]

———reauthorize participation in the Deschutes Resources Conservancy (H.R. 1787), H5670, H5671 [10JY]

———reauthorize participation in the Deschutes Resources Conservancy (S. 1027), H7399 [12SE]

Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge: establish (H.R. 4286), H5672 [10JY]

China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), H3612 [23MY]

China, Republic of: observance of National Day, E1670 [4OC]

Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (H.R. 701), H2898, H2900 [10MY]

Congress: accomplishments of the 106th Congress, H11788 [2NO]

Corps of Engineers: develop and implement comprehensive program for fish screens and passage devices at agricultural water diversions (H.R. 1444), concur with Senate amendment (H. Res. 630), H9985 [17OC]

Death and dying: promote pain management and palliative care without permitting assisted suicide and euthanasia, H11261 [26OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: emphasize use of nonlethal methods of predator control for livestock protection at small farms and ranches, H5716 [10JY]

———sell or exchange certain lands in the Deschutes National Forest and use funds to acquire replacement sites and acquire or construct administrative improvements (S. 1936), H9981 [17OC]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), H3387 [18MY]

Dept. of the Interior: Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Plan implementation, H4504, H4506 [15JN]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), H4472 [14JN], H4504, H4506 [15JN]

Emergency services: firefighting and emergency medical services funding, H1579 [29MR]

FCC: allow modification of rules on low power FM radio stations upon assessment of interference to existing radio stations, H2313 [13AP]

———prohibit from establishing rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations (H.R. 3439), H2313 [13AP]

Forest Service: watershed improvement and fish and wildlife protection programs funding through reductions in Timber Sales Management Program, H4472 [14JN]

Gagne, Len: tribute to efforts relative to delivery of prescription drugs to military retirees in Oregon, H928 [13MR]

Government: require use of recovery audits by Federal agencies to improve the economy and efficiency of operations (H.R. 1827), H717 [8MR]

Guam: restitution for atrocities during Japanese occupation in World War II (H.R. 755), H7414, H7415 [12SE]

Harney County, OR: designate wilderness areas and a cooperative management and protection area in the vicinity of Steens Mountain (H.R. 4828), H8756, H8759, H8760 [4OC], E1812 [17OC], E2158 [8DE]

Health: revise and extend organ procurement and transplantation programs (H.R. 2418), H1693 [4AP]

Jackson, WY: develop and maintain a multi-agency campus project for tourism and natural resource facilities (S. 1374), H7396, H7397 [12SE]

———develop and maintain a multi-agency campus project for tourism and natural resource facilities (S. 1374), corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 394), H7398 [12SE]

Jackson County, OR: tribute to law enforcement personnel involved in collaborative counter-drug efforts, H762 [9MR]

Khalina, Marina: relief (S. 150), H11594 [30OC]

Land and Water Conservation Fund: require State approval of land acquisitions which result in a net gain of Federal ownership in States where a majority of land is already federally-owned, H2898, H2900 [10MY]

Medicare: expand and make permanent the subvention demonstration project for military retirees and dependents, H3387 [18MY]

Miftakhov, Albert: relief (S. 150), H11594 [30OC]

Montana: authorize construction of the Fort Peck Reservation Rural County Water Supply System (S. 624), H7401, H7403 [12SE]

National monuments: prohibit funding to establish or manage certain national monuments, H4504, H4506 [15JN]

National Ocean Day: designate (H. Res. 415), H5676 [10JY]

National Wildlife Refuge System Centennial Commission: establish (H.R. 4442), H5675 [10JY]

Native Americans: amend laws relative to the lands of the Muscogee-Creek, Seminole, Cherokee, Chickasawa and Choctaw Nations, historically referred to as the Five Civilized Tribes (H.R. 5308), corrections in engrossment, H10069 [18OC]

———decrease the requisite blood quantum required for membership in the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo tribe (H.R. 1460), H7413 [12SE]

———provide for equitable compensation of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe (S. 964), H10069 [18OC]

Nevada: conveyance of the Griffith Project to the Southern Nevada Water Authority (S. 986), H5678 [10JY]

Office of National Drug Control Policy: High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas funding, H762 [9MR]

Oregon: implementation of Green Permits Program to develop environmental initiatives between industry and State regulators, E2226 [15DE]

———land exchange (S. 1629), H6866 [25JY]

———tribute to Army National Guard Bravo Co., 1st Battalion, 186th Infantry, E1115 [26JN]

Pope, Edmond: demand release from Russian prison for humanitarian reasons, H7070 [26JY]

———demand release from Russian prison for humanitarian reasons (H. Con. Res. 364), E1172 [30JN]

———demand release from Russian prison for humanitarian reasons (H. Con. Res. 404), H9589 [10OC], H11594 [30OC], H11749 [1NO]

Public lands: restore stability to payments made to States and counties containing certain Federal lands used for the benefit of public schools and roads (H.R. 2389), H9613 [10OC]

San Bernardino National Forest: conveyance of a small parcel of public domain land (H.R. 3657), H7399, H7400 [12SE]

SBA: improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), conference report, H11261 [26OC]

Taxation: extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 3709), H2791 [10MY]

Virgin Islands: allow self-determination on number of members in the legislature and number of such members constituting a quorum (H.R. 2296), H7403, H7404 [12SE]

Votes: position on missed, H3494 [22MY], H12502 [15DE], E1431 [7SE]

Water Resources Research Act: reauthorize grants for water resources research and technology institutes (H.R. 4132), H5671 [10JY]

Wildfires: tribute to firefighters for efforts in protecting human lives and limiting property losses (H. Con. Res. 434), H11562 [30OC]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H1074 [15MR], H7264 [6SE], H12529 [15DE]

Special order: granted, H3047 [15MY], H7127 [26JY], H11617 [30OC]

Resolutions by organizations

Dept. of Agriculture emphasis on use of nonlethal methods of predator control for livestock protection at small farms and ranches: Oregon Dept. of Agriculture, H5717 [10JY]

Tributes

Chen, Stephen, E681 [9MY]

Jones, Seth G., H2185 [12AP]

Simons, Hannah J.L., E2037 [31OC]