WU, DAVID (a Representative from Oregon)

Amendments

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 3908), H1479 [28MR]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), H4222 [12JN], H4467 [14JN]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4690), H4821 [21JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: require labeling of country of origin of imported perishable agricultural commodities (see H.R. 1145), H342 [10FE]

Air pollution: reduce emissions from electric powerplants (see H.R. 2900), H2607 [4MY]

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), H11194 [25OC]

Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3573), H1675 [3AP]

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

Burma: recognize anniversary of free and fair elections and improve democratic and human rights (see H. Con. Res. 328), H5085 [23JN]

Capital Construction Fund: provide for qualified withdrawals for fishermen leaving the industry and for the rollover to individual retirement plans (see H.R. 5395), H9010 [5OC]

Children and youth: assist State and local prosecutors, and law enforcement agencies, with implementation of juvenile justice witness assistance programs (see H.R. 3132), H455 [15FE]

China, People's Republic of: normal trade relations treatment relative to attack, invasion, or blockade of the Republic of China (see H. Con. Res. 334, 335), H5037 [22JN]

China, Republic of: accession to the World Trade Organization (see H. Con. Res. 262), H1852 [5AP]

———ensure that future is resolved peacefully through a democratic mechanism and with the express consent of the Taiwanese people (see H. Res. 659), H11445 [27OC]

———high-level visits by Taiwanese officials to the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 401), H7651 [14SE]

———participation in the World Health Organization (see H.R. 4004), H7578 [13SE]

Clinton, President: address issues of neighborhood crime prevention, community policing and reduction of school crime (see H. Res. 561), H6718 [20JY]

Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (see H.R. 701), H510 [16FE]

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]

Contracts: allow choice of arbitration as a means of settling disputes (see H.R. 534), H2411 [2MY]

———ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 3766), H5737 [10JY]

Corps of Engineers: conduct studies and ecosystem restoration projects within the Lower Columbia River and Tillamook Bay Estuaries in Oregon and Washington (see H.R. 5150), H7501 [12SE]

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

———restore the Federal civil rights remedy for victims of gender-motivated violence (see H.R. 5021), H7207 [27JY]

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 Defense: adjustment of composite theoretical performance levels of high performance computers (see H.R. 3680), H2906 [10MY]

Dept. of Justice: establish the Violence Against Women Office (see H.R. 4848), H7212 [27JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: assist claimants for benefits in developing claims and clarify the burden of proof for such claims (see H.R. 3193), H1588 [29MR]

———provide grants for toll-free telephone number to provide information and assistance to veterans (see H.R. 2736), H2512 [3MY]

Diseases: international tuberculosis control (see H.R. 4057), H4592 [15JN]

———issue special postage stamps to fund prostate cancer research (see H.R. 2562), H7211 [27JY]

Education: assist local educational agencies in financing and establishing alternative education systems (see H.R. 3873), H1477 [28MR]

———encourage young women to pursue careers and higher education degrees in mathematics, science, engineering, and technology (see H.R. 2387), H342 [10FE]

———establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (see H.R. 4271), H7003 [25JY]

———establish program that improves achievement through the integration of technology into curriculum (see H.R. 4081), H1405 [23MR]

———improve and expand access to educational television programming (see H.R. 2965), H50 [27JA]

———improve and refocus civic education (see H.R. 3195), H1285 [22MR]

———increase Pell Grant awards (see H.R. 959), H165 [1FE]

———modernize public schools, reduce class size, increase access to technology, enhance school safety, improve teacher quality, and strengthen accountability for academic results (see H.R. 4346), H2409 [2MY]

———promote child literacy by making books available through early learning and other child care programs (see H.R. 5043), H7207 [27JY]

———school construction and infrastructure improvements funding (see H.R. 3705), H572 [29FE]

———support teachers (see H. Res. 492), H2655 [8MY]

Fair Labor Standards Act: prohibit issuance of a certificate for subminimum wages for individuals with impaired vision (see H.R. 3540), H212 [3FE]

Families and domestic relations: issue special postage stamps to fund domestic violence programs (see H.R. 4659), H7003 [25JY]

Federal employees: allow agencies to reimburse for certain adoption expenses (see H.R. 2733), H2340 [13AP]

Firearms: permanent ban on possession of firearms by dangerous juvenile offenders (see H.R. 1717), H10809 [24OC]

———restrict transfer of certain firearms by local law enforcement agencies (see H.R. 3473), H8617 [2OC]

Food: require labels on food that contains, or is produced with, a genetically engineered material (see H.R. 3377), H2967 [11MY]

Foreign aid: international family planning programs funding (see H.R. 3634), H1589 [29MR]

———prohibit application of certain restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental and multilateral organizations (see H.R. 4211), H7003 [25JY]

Foreign trade: extend trade adjustment assistance benefit period for adversely affected workers enrolled in training programs (see H.R. 4077), H1405 [23MR]

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

Health: allow access to drugs and medical devices recommended and provided by health care practitioners that are not approved by the FDA (see H.R. 2635), H3869 [25MY]

———prohibit health insurance and employment discrimination on the basis of genetic information (see H.R. 2457), H6052 [13JY]

House of Representatives: permit payments to reimburse Members, officers, and employees for qualified adoption expenses (see H. Res. 238), H2341 [13AP]

Immigration: ensure no alien is removed, denied benefits, or otherwise deprived of liberty, based on evidence that is kept secret from the alien (see H.R. 2121), H1077 [15MR]

———provide a mechanism for U.S. citizens, and lawful permanent residents, to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see H.R. 3650), H632 [1MR]

———provide H-1B nonimmigrant status to aliens without regard to certain limits if the U.S. employer seeking the alien's entry makes a scholarship contribution to an institution of higher education (see H.R. 5625), H11842 [3NO]

Immigration and Nationality Act: remove certain limitations on eligibility for adjustment of status (see H.R. 1841), H2411 [2MY]

Indonesia: prohibit military assistance relative to free elections and human rights conditions in East Timor (see H.R. 4357), H5737 [10JY]

———provide assistance for democracy efforts in East Timor (see H.R. 5253), H11195 [25OC]

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]

Italian-American Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 347), H7003 [25JY]

Japan: oppose permanent seat on U.N. Security Council until the Japanese Government complies with International Whaling Commission requirements and ends the commercialization of whale meat (see H. Con. Res. 431), H10473 [19OC]

Law enforcement officers: clarify procedures and conditions for the award of matching grants for the purchase of armor vests (see H.R. 4033), H2512 [3MY]

———ensure accountability, guarantee due process, establish standards for internal investigations and hearings, and require enactment of relevant State laws (see H.R. 3896), H3926 [6JN]

Little Sandy River: protection of watershed as part of the Bull Run Watershed Management Unit (see H.R. 4580), H3924 [6JN]

Medicare: coverage of vision rehabilitation services (see H.R. 2870), H6599 [19JY]

———designate certain diabetes educators as certified providers for purposes of outpatient diabetes education services (see H.R. 3003), H8617 [2OC]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H3813 [24MY]

Mental health: recognize the importance of mental health awareness, mental disorders, and early detection of mental illnesses (see H. Con. Res. 243), H342 [10FE]

Middle East: condemn current level of violence between Israelis and Palestinians (see H. Con. Res. 426), H10809 [24OC]

———prohibit U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority and for programs, projects, and activities in the West Bank and Gaza (see H.R. 5522), H10473 [19OC]

———prohibit U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority if a Palestinian state is declared unilaterally (see H.R. 4976), H7933 [20SE]

National forests: return of fair and reasonable fees for use and occupancy of land under the recreation residence program (see H.R. 3327), H7652 [14SE]

National Labor Relations Act: treatment of employers and performers in the live performing arts (see H.R. 5185), H7651 [14SE]

Nuclear weapons: remove from hair-trigger alert (see H. Con. Res. 177), H2655 [8MY]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: require changes in the bloodborne pathogens standard (see H.R. 5178), H8469 [28SE]

Office of Information Technology: establish (see H.R. 4670), H7578 [13SE]

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

Political campaigns: require persons making certain campaign-related telephone calls to disclose the identity of the person financing the call (see H.R. 5624), H11812 [2NO]

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

Public welfare programs: repeal certain restrictions on food stamp eligibility and increase Federal support for emergency food assistance programs (see H.R. 3192), H4121 [8JN]

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

———protection of train employees (see H.R. 3091), H632 [1MR]

Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act: provide comprehensive technical assistance and implement highly effective prevention programs (see H.R. 3413), H997 [14MR]

SBA: conduct a pilot program to raise awareness about telecommuting among small business employers (see H.R. 3500), H1120 [16MR]

Schulz, Charles M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3642), H341 [10FE]

Senior citizens: establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits (see H.R. 1422), H48 [27JA]

Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 5), H510 [16FE]

Taxation: allow credit to military retirees for Medicare coverage (see H.R. 121), H2122 [11AP]

———allow tax credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by an intercity passenger rail carrier (see H.R. 3700), H9505 [6OC]

———avoid duplicate reporting of information on political activities of certain State and local political organizations (see H.R. 5277), H8617 [2OC]

———clarify estate tax deduction for family-owned business and farm interests (see H.R. 3127), H7281 [6SE]

———expand incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 4094), H1476 [28MR]

———incentives for education (see H.R. 254), H8406 [27SE]

———provide incentives to elementary and secondary teachers for technology-related training (see H.R. 1075), H342 [10FE]

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

———repeal information reporting requirement imposed on educational institutions and certain other trades and businesses relative to the Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learning Credits (see H.R. 1389), H219 [7FE]

———repeal modification of capital gains tax payments relative to small businesses sold on the installment sales method (see H.R. 3594), H4336 [13JN]

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

Trucking industry: support freeze on longer combination vehicles and current Federal limitations on truck size and weight (see H. Con. Res. 306), H7282 [6SE]

Turkey: call for the release of certain Kurdish members of the Parliament from prison, and for the recognition of full cultural and language rights for the Kurdish people (see H. Res. 461), H5843 [11JY]

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]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 65, 303), H341 [10FE]

Veterans Health Administration: ensure pay parity between dentists and physicians (see H.R. 2660), H2411 [2MY]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: place a plaque to honor those veterans who died after their service, but as a direct result of that service (see H.R. 3293), H1764 [4AP]

Vietnamese Conflict: recognize end of the Vietnam era and the sacrifice of those who served in Southeast Asia or in support of U.S. interests (see H. Con. Res. 228), H219 [7FE]

Volunteer workers: extend appropriations for programs under the National and Community Service Act and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act (see H.R. 4740), H10257 [18OC]

William Kenzo Nakamura U.S. Courthouse, Seattle, WA: designate (see H.R. 5302), H8200 [26SE]

Women: protection of reproductive rights (see H.R. 2624), H1285 [22MR]

———reauthorize Federal programs to prevent violence against women (see H.R. 357), H2012 [10AP] (see H.R. 1248), H2340 [13AP]

World War II: allow certain individuals of Japanese ancestry who were brought forcibly to the U.S. from Latin America and were interned in the U.S. to be provided restitution (see H.R. 4735), H5083 [23JN]

———require disclosure of classified information on chemical and biological experiments carried out by Japan (see H.R. 3561), H1764 [4AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

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

Education: establish a program for next-generation technology grants to improve teaching and learning in schools (see H.R. 4183), H1851 [5AP]

En Chung Wu: relief (see H.R. 3923), H997 [14MR]

Fort Clatsop National Memorial: expand (see H.R. 5328), H8406 [27SE]

Han Lin: relief (see H.R. 3925), H997 [14MR]

Immigration: provide temporary protected status to certain unaccompanied alien children and adjust status of alien children unlawfully present in the U.S. (see H.R. 5240), H7990 [21SE]

Insurance: restore children's insurance benefits in the case of children of a certain age who attend postsecondary schools (see H.R. 5329), H8406 [27SE]

Jin Shaun Huang: relief (see H.R. 3924), H997 [14MR]

Zhen Shang Lin: relief (see H.R. 3922), H997 [14MR]

Motions

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), H11492 [29OC], H11668 [31OC], H11739 [1NO]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 3660), H1796 [5AP]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), H5536 [29JN]

Amity, OR: tribute to Amity High School football team, E2229 [15DE]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 3908), H1484, H1567 [29MR]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 3908), consideration (H. Res. 450), H1491 [29MR]

Beaverton, OR: tribute to Jesuit High School football team, E2229 [15DE]

China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), H3683, H3708 [24MY]

China, Republic of: congratulations on elections and reaffirmation of U.S. commitment to security and democracy (H. Con. Res. 292), H1435 [28MR]

Computers: networking and information technology research and development funding, H4907 [21JN]

———networking and information technology research and development funding (H.R. 2086), H400 [15FE]

Death and dying: promote pain management and palliative care without permitting assisted suicide and euthanasia, H11252 [26OC]

Dept. of Education: funding, H7894 [20SE]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), H4468, H4470, H4473 [14JN]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4475), H3425 [19MY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations, H11238 [26OC]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), H4241, H4305 [13JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4577), motion to instruct conferees, H7894 [20SE], H11668 [31OC], H11739, H11740, H11742, H11744, H11746 [1NO]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), H4907 [21JN]

District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 4942), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 653), H11238 [26OC]

Education: reduce class size and improve teacher quality, H4241 [13JN]

———reductions in school class size, H7894 [20SE], H11739, H11740, H11742, H11744, H11746 [1NO]

Everglades National Park: restoration plan, H11825 [3NO]

Families and domestic relations: child abuse and neglect prevention (H.R. 764), Senate amendment, H126 [1FE]

———importance of responsible fatherhood (H. Res. 522), H4607, H4609 [19JN]

Fish and fishing: West Coast fisheries assistance funding, H1484, H1491, H1567 [29MR]

Forest Service: watershed improvement and fish and wildlife protection programs funding through reductions in Timber Sales Management Program, H4467, H4468, H4470, H4473 [14JN]

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

Immigration: remove certain limitations on the eligibility of aliens residing in the U.S. to obtain lawful permanent residency status, H11238 [26OC]

Mineta, Norman Y.: nomination to be Sec. of Commerce, H5536 [29JN]

Oregon: Wilsonville, OR, to Beaverton, OR, commuter rail line funding, H3425 [19MY]

Portland, OR: tribute to Lincoln High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, E689 [10MY]

SBA: improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), conference report, H11252 [26OC]

Scappoose, OR: tribute to Scappoose High School football team, E2229 [15DE]

Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 5), H593 [1MR]

Taiwanese-American Heritage Week: observance, E692 [10MY]

Taxation: terminate Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4199), consideration (H. Res. 473), H2265 [13AP]

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 (H.R. 3671), H1814 [5AP]

Votes: position on missed, E1759 [12OC]

Water: provide for conservation and development of water resources and authorize Dept. of the Army construction and improvement projects for rivers and harbors (S. 2796), conference report, H11825 [3NO]

Water pollution: estuary conservation and management programs funding (H.R. 1237), H2622 [8MY]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H1074 [15MR], H1761 [4AP], H11617 [30OC]

Tributes

Neuberger, Maurine B., H1725 [4AP]