MINGE, DAVID (a Representative from Minnesota)

Appointments

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

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: encourage producers to rest and rehabilitate croplands while enhancing soil and water conservation and wildlife habitat (see H.R. 3847), H3309 [17MY]

———establish a flexible fallow program under which farmers can devote a portion of acreage to conservation use and receive a higher loan rate on their remaining crop production (see H.R. 5205), H7870 [19SE]

———establish an educational program to improve the risk management skills of agricultural producers (see H.R. 4018), H2411 [2MY]

———extend the term of marketing assistance loans and increase and make more equitable the loan rates on commodities (see H.R. 4979), H7128 [26JY]

———grants to assist value-added agricultural businesses (see H.R. 3996), H9767 [11OC]

Armed Forces: establish a combat artillery medal (see H.R. 3043), H1477 [28MR]

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

Aviation: establish national policy of fair treatment for airline passengers (see H.R. 2200), H8062 [25SE]

Belarus: human rights violations and democracy efforts (see H. Con. Res. 304), H2239 [12AP]

Birds: prohibit interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to States in which animal fighting is lawful (see H.R. 1275), H8062 [25SE]

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

Budget: improve and strengthen budget process (see H.R. 4397), H2769 [9MY]

Carter, Jimmy and Rosalyn: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4289), H2337 [13AP]

Civil rights: prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (see H.R. 1271), H1852 [5AP]

Clean Air Act: prohibit the use of certain fuel additives including methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) in reformulated gasoline (see H.R. 1367), H219 [7FE]

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]

Computers: encourage broadband technology deployment to rural areas (see H.R. 4122), H2771 [9MY]

Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans (see H.R. 2120), H4174 [9JN]

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), H1477 [28MR]

Crime: enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes (see H.R. 1082), H574 [29FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish an electronic filing and retrieval system to improve public access to certain information (see H.R. 852), H922 [9MR]

———implement GAO recommendations on improving the administration of the Packers and Stockyards Act (see H.R. 5367), H9901 [12OC]

———make grants to assist low and moderate income individuals to finance construction, refurbishing, and servicing of household water well systems in rural areas (see H.R. 3910), H2341 [13AP]

———provide direct payments to dairy producers based on milk prices (see H.R. 5051), H7652 [14SE]

Dept. of Defense: adjustment of composite theoretical performance levels of high performance computers (see H.R. 3680), H1764 [4AP]

Dept. of Energy: create an oil reserve for use when fuel oil prices rise sharply because of anticompetitive activity, shortage, or extreme winter weather (see H.R. 3608), H758 [8MR]

———draw down of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (see H. Con. Res. 273), H921 [9MR]

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

Dept. of Transportation: Congestion Mitigation Air Quality Improvement Program emission standards (see H.R. 2788), H1163 [21MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: assist claimants for benefits in developing claims and clarify the burden of proof for such claims (see H.R. 3193), H50 [27JA]

———reaffirm and clarify duty of the Secretary to administer laws which assist claimants for benefits (see H.R. 4864), H6471 [18JY]

Diseases: support efforts to increase childhood cancer awareness, treatment, and research (see H. Res. 576), H7723 [18SE]

Ecology and environment: encourage cross-border cooperation and environmental cleanup in Northern Europe (see H.R. 4249), H3050 [15MY]

———establish standards for cleanup of dry cleaning solvents (see H.R. 2726), H1958 [6AP]

Education: establish a national teaching fellowship program to encourage individuals to enter, and remain, in the field of teaching at public schools (see H.R. 4143), H2341 [13AP]

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

Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see H.R. 2355), H4035 [7JN]

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]

FDA: clarify certain responsibilities relative to importation of drugs into the U.S. (see H.R. 3240), H1120 [16MR]

———facilitate the importation into the U.S. of certain approved drugs (see H.R. 1885), H647 [6MR]

Federal Deposit Insurance Act: require periodic cost-of-living adjustments to the maximum amount of deposit insurance available (see H.R. 4467), H4036 [7JN]

Federal Elections Review Commission: establish (see H.R. 5631), H12017 [5DE]

Federal employees: reduce contributions to CSRS and FERS (see H.R. 2631), H5036 [22JN]

Food: remove intrastate distribution restrictions on State-inspected meat and poultry (see H.R. 1617), H1119 [16MR]

Foreign aid: international family planning programs funding (see H.R. 3634), H1477 [28MR]

Foreign policy: improve relations with India and intensify bilateral cooperation in the fight against terrorism (see H. Res. 572), H7502 [12SE]

FTC: issue new rules regulating telemarketing firms (see H.R. 3180), H342 [10FE]

Gambling: prohibit gambling on high school and college sports and the Olympic games (see H.R. 3575), H1163 [21MR]

Health: develop monitoring systems to promote safe motherhood (see H.R. 2316), H4121 [8JN]

———increase public awareness of the dangers of pediatric cancer (see H. Con. Res. 115), H7723 [18SE]

———prohibit health insurance and employment discrimination on the basis of genetic information (see H.R. 2457), H4121 [8JN]

Higgins, Andrew Jackson and family: award Congressional Gold Medals (see H.R. 4384), H5657 [29JN]

Higgins Industries: award Congressional Gold Medal to World War II-era employees (see H.R. 4384), H5657 [29JN]

Housing: allow prepayment of loans for rural multifamily housing and preserve such housing as affordable for low-income families (see H.R. 5079), H10257 [18OC]

Human rights: condemn use of children as soldiers (see H. Con. Res. 209), H758 [8MR]

Insurance: make the same health insurance options afforded to executive and judicial branch employees available to Federal annuitants, legislative branch employees, and Armed Forces members and retirees (see H.R. 4277), H9900 [12OC]

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), H10257 [18OC]

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

Lumber industry: promote open and competitive trade of softwood lumber between the U.S. and Canada (see H. Con. Res. 252), H6600 [19JY]

Medicaid: provide families and disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 4825), H9767 [11OC]

———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see H.R. 3698), H5955 [12JY]

———waive disproportionate share hospital designation for certain rural hospitals relative to obstetrician requirements (see H.R. 4793), H6471 [18JY]

Medicare: coverage of chronic disease prescription drugs (see H.R. 1796), H757 [8MR]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 1495), H574 [29FE] (see H.R. 3482), H2655 [8MY]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs for low-income beneficiaries and provision of stop-loss protection for outpatient prescription drug expenses (see H.R. 2925), H2411 [2MY]

———coverage of self-administered drugs that, when used as a replacement for covered drugs, result in overall cost savings to the program (see H.R. 4375), H2511 [3MY]

———ensure reimbursement for certain ambulance services, apply reasonable standard to determination of medical necessity for ambulance services, and recognize additional costs of ambulance services in rural areas (see H.R. 5153), H7501 [12SE]

———improve the manner in which new medical technologies are made available to beneficiaries (see H.R. 4395), H7366 [7SE]

———increase payment rates to Medicare+Choice organizations to correct inequities in rural and urban areas (see H.R. 5288), H8061 [25SE]

———make improvements to the Medicare+Choice program (see H.R. 5099), H9505 [6OC]

———reductions in prescription drug prices (see H.R. 664), H574 [29FE]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H3869 [25MY]

———revise the calculation of base payment rates for the prospective payment system for home health services (see H.R. 5163), H8201 [26SE]

Mexico: political repression of foreign observers (see H. Con. Res. 350), H4120 [8JN]

National Guard: provide more equitable civil service retirement and retention provisions for technicians (see H.R. 5342), H11716 [31OC]

National School Lunch Act: revise eligibility of private organizations under the child and adult care food program (see H.R. 2907), H90 [31JA]

Northern Mariana Islands: prohibit use of the ``Made in USA'' label on products and deny such products duty-free and quota-free treatment (see H.R. 1621), H50 [27JA]

Nuclear weapons: remove from hair-trigger alert (see H. Con. Res. 177), H5657 [29JN]

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), H1407 [23MR]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 3842), H2512 [3MY]

President and Vice President: constitutional amendment on direct popular election (see H.J. Res. 23), H12045 [7DE]

Public debt: allow individuals to designate a portion of their income tax return for deficit reduction (see H.R. 5349), H8551 [29SE]

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]

Radio: ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio operators (see H.R. 783), H50 [27JA]

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

Rural areas: promote and improve access to health care services (see H.R. 4677), H7281 [6SE]

———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]

Senior citizens: warn of the dangers of telemarketing fraud, including Internet fraud, and provide information that will help them protect themselves (see H.R. 612), H510 [16FE]

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (see H.R. 4259), H7991 [21SE]

Social Security: computation system for benefits relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 1217), H5435 [28JN]

———protect Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms (see H.R. 3859), H4592 [15JN]

———provide equitable payments to providers of services under the Medicare Program and provide coverage of additional children under the Medicaid Program (see H.R. 5001), H7206 [27JY]

———provide for more equitable distribution of block grant funds under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 5281), H8061 [25SE]

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

Surface Transportation Board: strengthen railroad merger review standards and apply Federal antitrust laws to rail carriers and railroad transportation (see H.R. 4514), H7212 [27JY]

Tariff: prevent circumvention of the sugar tariff-rate quotas (see H.R. 5423), H9504 [6OC]

Taxation: allow an investment credit by farmers for value-added agricultural property (see H.R. 4497), H9767 [11OC]

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

———exclusion from gross income for foster care payments relative to certain nongovernmental placement agencies (see H.R. 1194), H9505 [6OC]

———exclusion of gain from the sale of farmland (see H.R. 1503), H1163 [21MR]

———expand incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 4094), H5169 [26JN]

———full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (see H.R. 225), H7723 [18SE]

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

———provide incentives to encourage small business health plans (see H.R. 5184), H7651 [14SE]

———reestablish certain marketing aspects of agricultural cooperatives and allow declaratory judgment relief for such cooperatives (see H.R. 1469), H7578 [13SE]

———repeal modification of capital gains tax payments relative to small businesses sold on the installment sales method (see H.R. 3594), H922 [9MR]

———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 adoption expenses (see H.R. 531), H5843 [11JY]

———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), H2967 [11MY]

———treatment of long-term vehicle storage by tax-exempt organizations which conduct county and similar fairs (see H.R. 2640), H1406 [23MR]

———treatment of tax-exempt bond financing of certain electrical output facilities (see H.R. 721), H510 [16FE]

Telephones: prohibit telemarketers from interfering with a consumers caller identification service (see H.R. 3100), H255 [8FE]

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

Tobacco products: prohibit the importation of bidi cigarettes (see H.R. 3628), H1588 [29MR]

U.S. Grain Standards Act: extend authority to collect fees, authorize appropriations, and improve administration (see H.R. 4788), 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), H11207 [26OC]

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), H2012 [10AP]

Volunteer workers: extend appropriations for programs under the National and Community Service Act and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act (see H.R. 4740), H7503 [12SE]

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 2720), H4035 [7JN]

White Earth Tribal and Community College: add to list of land grant institutions (see H.R. 5280), H8061 [25SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Agriculture: promote competition among wholesale purchasers and establish a commission to review large agriculture mergers, concentration, and market power (see H.R. 4321), H2338 [13AP]

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

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

Medicare: improve geographic fairness in Medicare+Choice payments and hospital payments (see H.R. 5070), H7208 [27JY]

Older Americans Act: reauthorize (H.R. 773), consideration (see H. Res. 478), H2340 [13AP]

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

———exclude from self-employment earnings certain payments under the Conservation Reserve Program (see H.R. 4212), H1957 [6AP]

Veterans: increase size of the estate an incompetent veteran may have without being subject to suspension of benefits while under institutional care by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (see H.R. 4935), H6777 [24JY]

———provide additional compensation to survivors of Bataan Death March and Corregidor garrison surrender (see H.R. 5639), H11954 [4DE]

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: increase maximum amount of marketing loan gains and loan deficiency payments that an agricultural producer may receive during the crop year, H7064 [26JY]

———price supports for sugar, H5570 [29JN]

———promote competition among wholesale purchasers and establish a commission to review large agriculture mergers, concentration, and market power (H.R. 4321), E587 [13AP]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), H5570 [29JN], H5700, H5704, H5706, H5711, H5724 [10JY], H5769, H5770, H5790 [11JY]

Appropriations: consideration of certain joint resolutions making continuing (H. Res. 646), H10846 [25OC]

Budget: allocation of funds, H269, H271 [9FE], H1251, H1252, H1253, H1254, H1255, H1256, H1257 [22MR]

———devote cuts in discretionary funding during appropriations process to debt reduction, H4954 [22JN]

———improve and strengthen budget process (H.R. 853), H3098, H3103 [16MY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), H1251, H1252, H1253, H1254, H1255, H1256, H1257 [22MR], H1331, H1368 [23MR]

———treatment of any budget surpluses, H269, H271 [9FE], H1251, H1252, H1253, H1254, H1255, H1256, H1257 [22MR], H10846 [25OC]

CCC: limit purchase of raw or refined sugar from sugarcane or sugar beets, H5570 [29JN]

Chaska, ND: anniversary of American Legion Auxiliary Unit 57, E1439 [11SE]

Computers: encourage broadband technology deployment to rural areas (H.R. 5069), E1388 [27JY]

Cuba: lift trade embargo, H5711 [10JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: develop effective interface between the Farm Service Agency's Farm and Home Plan software and Minnesota's FINPACK software, H5769, H5770, H5790 [11JY]

———Market Access Program funding, H5704 [10JY]

FDA: prohibit funding to prevent importation into the U.S. of certain approved drugs, H5700, H5706 [10JY]

Food Security Act: establish the Conservation Security Program (H.R. 5511), E1856 [19OC]

House of Representatives: appreciation of opportunity to serve, H12482 [15DE]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 4516), H4954 [22JN]

Lewis and Clark Rural Water System, Inc.: authorize construction and assistance (H.R. 297), H3540 [23MY]

Medicare: make more competitive and efficient and provide for a prescription drug benefit (H.R. 4680), H5366 [28JN]

Minnesota: lease or transfer of certain land owned by the Lower Sioux Indian Community (H.R. 2484), H521 [29FE]

Minnesota River Basin Joint Powers Board: tribute, E1342 [27JY]

New Ulm, MN: recognize the Hermann Monument and Hermann Heights Park as a national symbol of the contributions of German Americans (H. Con. Res. 89), H2621 [8MY]

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

Taxation: eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), H171, H192 [2FE], H269, H271 [9FE]

———eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), consideration (H. Res. 419), H290 [10FE]

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

Veterans: enhance education benefits programs (S. 1402), H9943 [17OC]

———increase size of the estate an incompetent veteran may have without being subject to suspension of benefits while under institutional care by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (H.R. 4935), H9943 [17OC]

Votes: position on missed, H3495 [22MY], H3537 [23MY], H3854 [25MY]

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), H10357 [19OC]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H3865 [25MY]

Special order: granted, H199 [2FE], H3307 [17MY], H5734 [10JY], H7127 [26JY]

Summaries

Promote Competition Among Wholesale Purchasers and Establish a Commission To Review Large Agriculture Mergers, Concentration, and Market Power (H.R. 4321), E587 [13AP]

Tributes

Barrett, Representative Bill, E2065 [2NO], E2076 [3NO]

Yates, Sidney R., E1994 [28OC]