PACKARD, RON (a Representative from California)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4475, Dept. of Transportation and related agencies appropriations, H7628 [14SE]

———H.R. 4733, energy and water development appropriations, H7627 [14SE]

———H.R. 4811, foreign operations, export financing, and related programs appropriations, H10450 [19OC]

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

Julian C. Dixon funeral attendees, H12081 [13DE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 3660), H454 [15FE]

Americans With Disabilities Act: require that any civil action against a place of public accommodation or commercial facility allow an opportunity for alleged violations to be corrected (see H.R. 3590), H6599 [19JY]

Armed Forces: increase basic housing allowance for members stationed in San Diego and Orange Counties, CA, to compensate for increased energy costs (see H. Res. 629), H9900 [12OC]

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]

———use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 701), H1164 [21MR]

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), H6600 [19JY]

Contracts: allow choice of arbitration as a means of settling disputes (see H.R. 534), H7932 [20SE]

Correctional institutions: combat the overutilization of prison health care services and control prisoner health care costs (see H.R. 1349), H1119 [16MR]

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

Credit unions: clarify definition of a member business loan relative to religious organization based credit unions (see H.R. 4701), H6719 [20JY]

Crime: enhance penalties for crimes of violence against children (see H.R. 4045), H1163 [21MR]

Dept. of Defense: submit a report to Congress on production alternatives for the Joint Strike Fighter program (see H.R. 3396), H1958 [6AP]

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

Dept. of the Interior: collect and maintain information on public memorials commemorating military conflicts and service of individuals in the Armed Forces (see H. Con. Res. 345), H4592 [15JN]

———provide cost sharing for CALFED water enhancement programs in California (see H.R. 5130), H7364 [7SE]

Diamond Valley Lake: establish interpretive center and museum to ensure protection and interpretation of paleontology discoveries and develop a trail system for the lake (see H.R. 4187), H1851 [5AP]

Diseases: extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 4069), H1404 [23MR]

Drugs: combat manufacture, traffic, import, and export of methamphetamine (see H.R. 4248), H2238 [12AP]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: reauthorize Impact Aid Program (see H.R. 3616), H340 [10FE]

FAA: limit age restrictions for the issuance or renewal of certain airman certificates (see H.R. 4352), H7723 [18SE]

Federal firefighters: make mandatory separation age match requirement for Federal law enforcement officers (see H.R. 460), H3649 [23MY]

FERC: reform electric power rates in California (see H. Con. Res. 417), H8799 [4OC]

———release of findings and recommendations on electric power in California (see H. Res. 650), H11194 [25OC]

Fish and fishing: eliminate the wasteful and unsportsmanlike practice of shark finning (see H.R. 3535), H219 [7FE]

Gambling: prohibit gambling on high school and college sports and the Olympic games (see H.R. 3575), H1120 [16MR]

GAO: require report to Congress on agency regulatory actions (see H.R. 3669), H4592 [15JN]

George E. Brown, Jr., U.S. Courthouse, Riverside, CA: designate (see H.R. 5110), H7280 [6SE]

Immigration: Federal reimbursement for indirect costs of incarcerating illegal aliens and for emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens (see H.R. 4282), H6599 [19JY]

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

Lumber industry: promote open and competitive trade of softwood lumber between the U.S. and Canada (see H. Con. Res. 252), H633 [1MR]

Matthew `Mack' Robinson Post Office Building, Pasadena, CA: designate (see H.R. 4157), H2771 [9MY]

Medicaid: coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services for certain women screened under federally funded programs (see H.R. 1070), H2606 [4MY]

Medicare: coverage of augmentative communication devices (see H.R. 4479), H3308 [17MY]

———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services (see H.R. 1187), H1406 [23MR]

———provide more equitable payments for direct graduate medical education (see H.R. 5005), H7206 [27JY]

National Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 420), H1629 [30MR]

Olympic games: mint commemorative coins to support the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games and U.S. Olympic Committee programs (see H.R. 3679), H509 [16FE]

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]

Public utilities: grant investor owned utilities and other private entities the same rights to purchase electric energy generated at Federal facilities as public bodies and cooperatives (see H.R. 5113), H7280 [6SE]

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]

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (see H.R. 4259), H7578 [13SE]

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

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

———increase annual limitation on nondeductible contributions and adjust for inflation the amount of deductible contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1322), H1588 [29MR]

———provide incentives to reduce energy consumption (see H.R. 5345), H8617 [2OC]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 4199), H1956 [6AP]

———treatment of crops destroyed by casualty (see H.R. 4783), H5654 [29JN]

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]

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), H632 [1MR]

Water pollution: exempt discharges from certain silviculture activities from permit requirements of the national pollutant discharge elimination system (see H.R. 3625), H2967 [11MY]

Woods, Tiger: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4926), H7933 [20SE]

World War II: recognition of American civilian POW (see H. Res. 51), H7723 [18SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Energy and water development: making appropriations (see H.R. 4733), H5083 [23JN] (see H.R. 5483), H10256 [18OC]

Conference reports

Energy and Water Development Appropriations (H.R. 4733), H8312-H8403 [27SE]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H11624 [31OC]

Remarks

Appalachian Regional Commission: funding, H5257 [27JN]

Bateman, Herbert H.: tribute (H. Res. 573), H7437 [12SE]

California: anniversary of statehood, H7560 [13SE]

———Pajaro River flood control projects funding, H5219 [27JN]

Corps of Engineers: Kill Van Kull dredging project funding, H5221 [27JN]

———modify regulation of wetland permit programs, H5244 [27JN]

Davila, Rudolph B.: Medal of Honor recipient, E1069 [21JN]

Delaware River: channel deepening project funding, H5263 [27JN]

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

Dept. of Energy: conduct a study on the economic basis of the recent increase in gasoline price levels, H5257 [27JN]

———draw down of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, H8413 [28SE]

———National Ignition Facility funding, H5276, H5277 [27JN]

———prohibit dual employment at the National Nuclear Security Administration, H5278, H5279 [27JN]

———renewable energy research funding through reductions in the Nuclear Energy Research Initiative Program, H5255 [27JN]

———report on efforts to address high gasoline price levels and to develop a national energy policy, H5259 [27JN]

———Spallation Neutron Source funding, H5219 [27JN]

———withhold salary from Los Alamos National Laboratory employees who fail to undergo polygraph examinations, H5278 [27JN]

Dept. of the Interior: prohibit funding for interim storage of spent radioactive waste on Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indian reservation lands, H5275 [27JN]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), conference report, H10378, H10382 [19OC]

Energy and water development: making appropriations, H10378, H10382 [19OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4733), H5212, H5217, H5218, H5219, H5220, H5221, H5226, H5230, H5231, H5232, H5236, H5244, H5248, H5249, H5250, H5255, H5257, H5259, H5260, H5261, H5263, H5268, H5275, H5276, H5277, H5278, H5279 [27JN], H7627 [14SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4733), conference report, H8416, H8420, H8421 [28SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4733), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 598), H8413 [28SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4733), veto, H9666, H9669 [11OC]

EPA: limit funding for activities included in the Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gas emissions prior to implementation, H5260 [27JN]

Flag Day: observance, E1023 [15JN]

Georgia: interbasin transfer of water from Lake Allatoona to Lake Lanier funding, H5231 [27JN]

Great Lakes: sustainable water use management study funding, H5232 [27JN]

House of Representatives: appreciation of opportunity to serve, H10892 [25OC]

Maryland: C&D Canal deepening project funding, H5230 [27JN]

———Tolchester Channel S-turn straightening project funding, H5236 [27JN]

Mississippi River: Upper Mississippi River Comprehensive Plan funding, H5226, H5249 [27JN]

Missouri River: Corps of Engineers river management funding, H9666 [11OC]

National Energy Self-Sufficiency Commission: establish, H5268 [27JN]

NIH: biomedical research funding (H. Res. 437), H7083 [26JY]

NRC: decision on restarting Indian Point nuclear power facility, H5217 [27JN]

———oversight of off-site disposal of Formerly Used Remedial Action Program material, H5220 [27JN]

Parliamentary inquiry, H5226 [27JN]

Petroleum: decrease dependence on foreign sources through use of renewable fuels, conservation, improving efficiency, and increasing domestic energy supplies, H8420, H8421 [28SE]

———Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve funding, H8413 [28SE]

Pharmaceuticals: eliminate barriers to improve access to generic drugs, E1529 [19SE]

Point of order, H5268 [27JN]

Power resources: authorize research to promote the conversion of biomass into biobased industrial products, H5248 [27JN]

Richland, WA: Office of River Protection at the Hanford Reservation funding, H5218 [27JN]

Strategic Petroleum Reserve: reauthorize, H8413 [28SE]

Taxation: eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), H318 [10FE]

Votes: position on missed, H4164 [9JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H11192 [25OC]

Tribute, H5217, H5219, H5220 [27JN], H8417 [28SE], H10884-H10890, H10891, H10892 [25OC], E1920 [25OC], E1998 [28OC]

Reports filed

Energy and Water Development Appropriations: Committee of Conference (H.R. 4733) (H. Rept. 106-907), H8405 [27SE]

———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 4733) (H. Rept. 106-693), H5083 [23JN]

Tables

Energy and water development appropriations, H10380 [19OC]

Energy and water development appropriations (H.R. 4733), H5214 [27JN]

Tributes

Joe, Robert S., E165 [16FE]