BOSWELL, LEONARD L. (a Representative from Iowa)

Appointments

Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission, H1138 [21MR]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 2966), H2340 [13AP]

Aviation: ensure general aviation aircraft access to Federal land and to the airspace over that land (see H.R. 3661), H2122 [11AP]

Birds: prohibit interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to States in which animal fighting is lawful (see H.R. 1275), H1119 [16MR]

Children and youth: authorize grants for the prevention of alcoholic beverage consumption by underage individuals (see H.R. 3430), H511 [16FE]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 2397), H2606 [4MY]

Clean Air Act: prohibit the use of certain fuel additives including methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) in reformulated gasoline (see H.R. 1367), H922 [9MR]

Computers: encourage broadband technology deployment to rural areas (see H.R. 5069), H7208 [27JY]

Contracts: ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 3766), H2607 [4MY]

Correctional institutions: prohibit operation by private contractors and require persons convicted of Federal offenses be housed in facilities managed and maintained by Federal employees (see H.R. 979), H922 [9MR]

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

DEA: funding to assist State and local efforts to clean up methamphetamine laboratories (see H.R. 4468), H3172 [16MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: prohibit excessive concentration resulting from mergers among certain purchasers, processors, and sellers of agricultural commodities and establish an Office of Special Counsel for Agriculture (see H.R. 4339), H2339 [13AP]

Dept. of Commerce: establish an Office of Community Economic Adjustment to coordinate the Federal response in regions and communities experiencing economic distress (see H.R. 4711), H4816 [21JN]

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

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide grants for toll-free telephone number to provide information and assistance to veterans (see H.R. 2736), H2012 [10AP]

Diseases: increased support and funding to combat juvenile diabetes (see H. Con. Res. 321), H4036 [7JN]

Drugs: prevent abuse of inhalants (see H.R. 4565), H5241 [27JN]

Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see H.R. 2355), H632 [1MR]

FDA: grant authority to regulate tobacco (see H.R. 4207), H1956 [6AP]

Federal Deposit Insurance Act: require periodic cost-of-living adjustments to the maximum amount of deposit insurance available (see H.R. 4467), H3813 [24MY]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: improve implementation (see H.R. 4502), H5241 [27JN]

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

Foreign countries: require congressional approval of U.S. economic sanctions on agricultural products, medicines, and medical products (see H.R. 3140), H2411 [2MY]

FRS: reduce interest rates (see H. Res. 536), H5240 [27JN]

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

Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (see H.R. 1304), H2012 [10AP]

Higgins, Andrew Jackson and family: award Congressional Gold Medals (see H.R. 4384), H4337 [13JN]

Higgins Industries: award Congressional Gold Medal to World War II-era employees (see H.R. 4384), H4337 [13JN]

Income: protect retirement security of individuals (see H.R. 1590), H7211 [27JY]

Insurance: require group and individual health insurance plans to provide coverage of cancer screening (see H.R. 1285), H7281 [6SE]

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]

Lumber industry: promote open and competitive trade of softwood lumber between the U.S. and Canada (see H. Con. Res. 252), H510 [16FE]

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

———provide families and disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 4825), H7652 [14SE]

Medicare: coverage of chiropractic services under Medicare+Choice program (see H. Con. Res. 62), H10473 [19OC]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 4770), H11716 [31OC]

———reimbursement for chiropractic services (see H.R. 1046), H11621 [30OC]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H2340 [13AP]

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

National Center for Rural Law Enforcement: funding (see H.R. 2564), H219 [7FE]

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

National Writing Project: improve (see H.R. 1456), H2340 [13AP]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: periodically revise retaliation lists of goods of countries that fail to comply with the rulings of the World Trade Organization (see H.R. 2991), H455 [15FE]

Petroleum: 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), H1118 [16MR]

———promote the use of reformulated gasoline, allow State and local regulation of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE), and revise reformulated gasoline environmental regulations (see H. Con. Res. 256), H573 [29FE]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 3842), H2906 [10MY]

———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), H3813 [24MY]

Public Health Service Act: establish scholarship and loan repayment programs in veterinarian shortage areas (see H.R. 5186), H8799 [4OC]

Radio: ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio operators (see H.R. 783), H5240 [27JN]

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

Rivers: reduce sediment and nutrient loss in the Upper Mississippi River Basin (see H.R. 4013), H2906 [10MY]

Rural areas: provide funds for automatic external defibrillators and the training of individuals in advanced cardiac life support (see H.R. 4953), H7002 [25JY]

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), H4174 [9JN]

Social Security: computation system for benefits relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 1217), H2340 [13AP]

———restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to certain individuals (see H.R. 860), H2411 [2MY]

Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act: rename as the ``McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act'' (see H.R. 5417), H9504 [6OC]

Taxation: allow tax credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by an intercity passenger rail carrier (see H.R. 3700), H4174 [9JN]

———exclude from self-employment earnings certain payments under the Conservation Reserve Program (see H.R. 4064), H2239 [12AP]

———expand incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 4094), H4784 [20JN]

———increase annual limitation on deductible contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 802), H922 [9MR]

———provide a credit for energy efficient appliances (see H.R. 4977), H7128 [26JY]

———reduce estate and gift tax rates (see H.R. 5315), H10473 [19OC]

———require certain political organizations to report information to the FEC (see H.R. 3688), H509 [16FE]

———require certain political organizations to report information to the IRS (see H.R. 4168), H1762 [4AP]

———treatment of certain farm rental income and all payments under the environmental conservation acreage reserve program (see H.R. 4260), H2512 [3MY]

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

———treatment of contributions of computers to schools and public libraries (see H.R. 2308), H757 [8MR]

———treatment of self-employment tax relative to certain farm rental income (see H.R. 1044), H997 [14MR]

———treatment of small businesses (see H.R. 3874), H920 [9MR]

———treatment of tax-exempt bond financing of certain electrical output facilities (see H.R. 721), H574 [29FE]

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

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: authorize design and construction of a temporary education center (see H.R. 5268), H7996 [22SE]

Women: reauthorize Federal programs to prevent violence against women (see H.R. 1248), H3412 [18MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Pinales, Jose Guadalupe Tellez: relief (see H.R. 4129), H1588 [29MR]

Taxation: allow a refundable credit for the purchase of computer software that filters child pornography and material that is violent, obscene, or harmful to minors (see H.R. 5181), H7651 [14SE]

Remarks

Agriculture: emergency assistance to farmers and ranchers, H5786 [11JY]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), H5786 [11JY]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 3908), H1541 [29MR]

Droughts: rural water needs funding, H5537 [29JN]

Drug abuse: combat methamphetamine production and abuse, H1541 [29MR]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4733), H5226, H5249 [27JN]

FAA: reauthorizing programs (H.R. 1000), conference report, H1020 [15MR]

Iowa Army Ammunition Plant: health screening and treatment of workers funding, H5249 [27JN]

Mississippi River: Upper Mississippi River Comprehensive Plan funding, H5226 [27JN]

Practical Farmers of Iowa (organization): Renew America (organization) National Award for Environmental Sustainability recipient, E1345 [27JY]

Votes: position on missed, H6438 [18JY], E1126 [27JN], E1298 [21JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H983 [14MR], H6466 [18JY], H6593 [19JY]