GUTKNECHT, GIL (a Representative from Minnesota)

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), H4221 [12JN]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4871), H6689 [20JY]

Appointments

Bruce F. Vento funeral attendees, H9861 [12OC]

Articles and editorials

Warner Has Story To Tell—Quarterback's Tale Is Memorable, Rochester (MN) Post-Bulletin, H69 [31JA]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: establish an educational program to improve the risk management skills of agricultural producers (see H.R. 4018), H1764 [4AP]

———grants to assist value-added agricultural businesses (see H.R. 3996), H5955 [12JY]

———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]

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

Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness: designate a portion as the Bruce F. Vento Unit (see H.R. 5582), H11206 [26OC]

Commodity Exchange Act: reauthorize and amend to promote legal certainty, enhance competition, and reduce systemic risk in markets for futures and over-the-counter derivatives (see H.R. 4541), H4485 [14JN]

Contracts: allow choice of arbitration as a means of settling disputes (see H.R. 534), H1406 [23MR]

———ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 3766), H10257 [18OC]

Courts: give U.S. district courts jurisdiction over competing State custody determinations (see H.R. 5456), H9899 [12OC]

———legal definition of human life relative to presence of brain wave activity and spontaneous cardiac activity (see H. Con. Res. 305), H2341 [13AP]

Crime: constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights (see H.J. Res. 64), H2512 [3MY]

Cuba: assist internal opposition and further help the Cuban people to regain their freedom (see H.R. 4537), H3813 [24MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: implement GAO recommendations on improving the administration of the Packers and Stockyards Act (see H.R. 5367), H8735 [3OC]

Dept. of Labor: application of occupational safety and health regulations to home offices relative to promotion of telework opportunities (see H.R. 4098), H1476 [28MR]

Education: establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (see H.R. 4271), H3813 [24MY]

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

Fair Labor Standards Act: prohibit issuance of a certificate for subminimum wages for individuals with impaired vision (see H.R. 3540), H165 [1FE]

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]

FDA: restrict authority to issue clinical holds on investigational drugs or to deny patients expanded access to such drugs (see H.R. 3677), H10036 [17OC]

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

FEMA: make grants to fire departments for the acquisition of thermal imaging cameras (see H.R. 1839), H255 [8FE]

Food Quality Protection Act: establish certain requirements (see H.R. 1592), H1958 [6AP]

Food Security Act: establish the Conservation Security Program (see H.R. 5511), H10472 [19OC]

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

Government: accountability of Federal agencies for violations of antidiscrimination and whistleblower protection laws (see H.R. 5516), H11781 [1NO]

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

Higgins, Andrew Jackson and family: award Congressional Gold Medals (see H.R. 4384), H4036 [7JN]

Higgins Industries: award Congressional Gold Medal to World War II-era employees (see H.R. 4384), H4036 [7JN]

Housing: allow prepayment of loans for rural multifamily housing and preserve such housing as affordable for low-income families (see H.R. 5079), H7366 [7SE]

———expand homeownership (see H.R. 1776), H1163 [21MR]

Kenya: condemn assassination of John Kaiser and others who worked to promote human rights and justice (see H. Con. Res. 410), H8200 [26SE]

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

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), H2606 [4MY]

———waive disproportionate share hospital designation for certain rural hospitals relative to obstetrician requirements (see H.R. 4793), H5654 [29JN]

Medicare: coverage of medically appropriate actinic keratoses treatment and removal (see H. Con. Res. 341), H7212 [27JY]

———increase access to health care for beneficiaries through telehealth services (see H.R. 4841), H7723 [18SE]

———prohibit collection of data from home health agencies under the OASIS data collection program from non-Medicare patients (see H.R. 2246), H757 [8MR]

———waive waiting period for coverage and provide coverage of drugs for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (see H.R. 353), H2966 [11MY]

Medicare/Medicaid: waive certain nurse aide training requirements (see H.R. 4547), H7212 [27JY]

National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Engineering: establish (see H.R. 1795), H3925 [6JN]

New Jersey (U.S.S.): issue commemorative postage stamp to honor ship and crew (see H. Con. Res. 119), H255 [8FE]

Olympic games: mint commemorative coins to support the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games and U.S. Olympic Committee programs (see H.R. 3679), H2905 [10MY]

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), H757 [8MR]

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), H998 [14MR]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 3842), H2607 [4MY]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 4844), H7003 [25JY]

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

Research: requirements for disclosures relative to transfers of human fetal tissue (see H.R. 3980), H1076 [15MR]

Rivers: reduce sediment and nutrient loss in the Upper Mississippi River Basin (see H.R. 4013), H1118 [16MR]

Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument: establish (see H.R. 3676), H5436 [28JN]

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (see H.R. 4259), H4592 [15JN]

States: permit funding of prescription drugs for minors relative to parental consent (see H.R. 3302), H4817 [21JN]

Taxation: allow an investment credit by farmers for value-added agricultural property (see H.R. 4497), H5955 [12JY]

———allow deduction equal to fair market value for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (see H.R. 3249), H1285 [22MR]

———allow farmer-owned cooperatives access to small ethanol producer tax credit (see H.R. 5279), H8061 [25SE]

———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), H2122 [11AP]

———prohibit certain allocations of S corporation stock held by an employee stock ownership plan (see H.R. 3082), H2967 [11MY]

———restore deductions for expenses relative to services performed by military reservists (see H.R. 4328), H2512 [3MY]

———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 531), H3925 [6JN]

———treatment of certain farm rental income and all payments under the environmental conservation acreage reserve program (see H.R. 4260), H2341 [13AP]

———treatment of certain franchise operation property (see H.R. 2451), H7128 [26JY]

———treatment of computers provided to employees for personal use (see H.R. 4274), H2771 [9MY]

———treatment of unused benefits under cafeteria plans that allow flexible spending accounts for out-of-pocket medical expenses (see H.R. 3034), H1120 [16MR]

Television: ensure local service to small, rural markets by satellite providers (see H.R. 3615), H632 [1MR]

Vatican City: U.N. status of the Holy See (see H. Con. Res. 253), H998 [14MR]

Veterans: recognize the importance of veterans to the U.S. and express support for the goals of Veterans Educate Today's Students (VETS) Day (see H. Con. Res. 58), H5843 [11JY]

———require employers to give employees who are members of reserve components leave of absence to participate in an honor guard for veterans' funerals (see H.R. 284), H7652 [14SE]

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), H12066 [8DE]

Water: prohibit use and provide for remediation of water contaminated by methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) (see H.R. 4303), H2412 [2MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Committees of the House: majority party appointments (see H. Res. 608), H8735 [3OC]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H2413 [3MY], H5847 [12JY], H6357 [18JY]

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: by, H5770 [11JY]

Remarks

Agriculture: price supports for sugar, H5572 [29JN]

———strengthen safety net for agricultural producers and improve efficiency and integrity of the Federal crop insurance program (H.R. 2559), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 512), H3817 [25MY]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), H5572 [29JN], H5698 [10JY], H5789 [11JY]

Appropriations: legislative process, H11533 [30OC], H11797, H11798, H11799, H11800, H11801, H11802, H11803 [2NO]

Budget: allocation of funds, H7829 [19SE], H11510, H11511 [29OC]

———balance, H1733, H1734, H1735, H1736 [4AP]

———comparison between congressional and Clinton administration proposals, H11504 [29OC]

———deficit, H1733, H1734, H1735, H1736 [4AP], H8052, H8053 [25SE]

———ensure that on-budget surpluses are used to reduce the public debt, H7829 [19SE]

———improve and strengthen budget process (H.R. 853), H3098 [16MY]

———provide for reconciliation of the concurrent resolution to reduce the public debt, decrease the statutory debt limit, and provide for retirement security (H.R. 5203), H7798 [19SE]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), H1147, H1148 [21MR], H1290, H1314, H1362, H1393 [23MR]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), conference report, H2256 [13AP]

———treatment of any budget surpluses, H8052, H8053 [25SE]

CCC: limit purchase of raw or refined sugar from sugarcane or sugar beets, H5572 [29JN]

China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), H3294 [17MY], H3817 [25MY]

Committees of the House: majority party appointments (H. Res. 608), H8728 [3OC]

Computers: networking and information technology research and development funding (H.R. 2086), consideration (H. Res. 422), H391 [15FE]

Congress: accomplishments of the 106th Congress, H11797, H11798, H11799, H11800 [2NO]

Dept. of Agriculture: develop effective interface between the Farm Service Agency's Farm and Home Plan software and Minnesota's FINPACK software, H5789 [11JY]

———implement GAO recommendations on improving the administration of the Packers and Stockyards Act (H.R. 5367), H8729, H8730, H8731 [3OC]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), H3200 [17MY]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 4425), H3074 [16MY]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4871), H6691 [20JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations, H11510 [29OC]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), H11798 [2NO]

Drugs: allow importation of prescription drugs into the U.S. by pharmacists and wholesalers for resale and by U.S. citizens for personal use, H9696 [11OC]

———discrepancy in prescription drug prices between U.S. and foreign countries, H5427, H5433 [28JN], H5849 [12JY], H7907, H7908, H7909 [20SE], H8052, H8053 [25SE]

———reductions in prescription drug prices, H2096 [11AP]

Education: national policy to improve system, H3907, H3908 [6JN]

FDA: clarify certain responsibilities relative to importation of drugs into the U.S. (H.R. 3240), H360 [14FE], H1731 [4AP], H2096 [11AP], H2635 [8MY], H3858 [25MY], H5427, H5433 [28JN]

———prohibit funding to prevent importation into the U.S. of certain approved drugs, H5698 [10JY]

Health Care Financing Administration: reform the regulatory processes used to administer the Medicare program, H7907 [20SE]

House of Representatives: legislative priorities, H11788 [2NO]

Immigration: remove certain limitations on the eligibility of aliens residing in the U.S. to obtain lawful permanent residency status, H11510 [29OC], H11797, H11798 [2NO]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: funding, H11801 [2NO]

IRS: enforce pension age discrimination laws relative to conversion of defined benefit plans to cash balance plans, H6691 [20JY]

Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, H2197, H2198, H2199 [12AP], H6570 [19JY], H7908, H7909 [20SE], H8052 [25SE], H8732, H8733, H8734 [3OC]

National Teacher Day: observance, H2661 [9MY]

Nuclear energy: storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), H1195 [22MR]

OSHA: implementation of ergonomic regulations, H11797 [2NO]

Pensions: reform, H7798 [19SE]

———reform (H.R. 1102), H6512 [19JY]

Pharmaceuticals: reductions in prescription drug prices, H7909 [20SE], H8053 [25SE]

Republican Party: national agenda, H1147, H1148 [21MR], H6567, H6568, H6569, H6570, H6571, H6572, H6573 [19JY]

SBA: improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 652), H11214 [26OC]

Social Security: make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act, H11214 [26OC]

Taxation: eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), H72, H73, H74, H75 [31JA], H265 [9FE]

———rates, H1314, H1393 [23MR]

———relief, H11214 [26OC]

Vento, Bruce F.: tribute (H. Res. 618), H9578 [10OC]

Votes: position on missed, H137 [1FE], H3078 [16MY], H8280 [27SE]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H11943 [4DE]

Special order: granted, H87 [31JA], H371 [14FE], H1627 [30MR], H1761 [4AP], H2120 [11AP], H2647 [8MY], H3647 [23MY], H3865 [25MY], H7868 [19SE], H8197 [26SE], H9816 [11OC], H11525 [29OC]

Tributes

Lambert, Jean, H3855 [25MY]

Nelson, Missy, H2661 [9MY]

Ressler, Harriet, H5739 [11JY]

Swenson, Eunice, H2661 [9MY]

Warner, Kurt, H68 [31JA]