KOLBE, JIM (a Representative from Arizona)

Amendments

Las Cienegas National Conservation Area: establish (H.R. 2941), H8854 [5OC]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4578, Dept. of the Interior and related agencies appropriations, H6928 [25JY]

Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, H358 [14FE]

Articles and editorials

Steel's Deal, Washington (DC) Post, H4796 [21JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Animals: prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (see H.R. 2166), H7652 [14SE]

Arizona: provide for adjustments to the Central Arizona Project (see H.R. 5529), H10808 [24OC]

Armed Forces: suspend anthrax vaccination immunization program until it is determined to be safe and effective (see H.R. 2548), H574 [29FE]

Baltic States: recognize anniversary of U.S. nonrecognition policy of the Soviet takeover of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania and support democratic and economic reforms (see H. Con. Res. 367), H5655 [29JN]

Business and industry: require countries receiving foreign assistance engage in fair business practices (see H.R. 4697), H5436 [28JN]

China, Republic of: accession to the World Trade Organization (see H. Con. Res. 262), H641 [2MR]

Commission for the Comprehensive Study of Privacy Protection: establish (see H.R. 4049), H1163 [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), H6355 [17JY]

Dept. of Defense: adjustment of composite theoretical performance levels of high performance computers (see H.R. 3680), H2341 [13AP]

———terminate the practice of euthanizing military working dogs at the end of their working life and facilitate the adoption of such dogs (see H.R. 5314), H9505 [6OC]

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

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: reaffirm and clarify duty of the Secretary to administer laws which assist claimants for benefits (see H.R. 4864), H6600 [19JY]

Diseases: collect data on benign brain-related tumors through the national program of cancer registries (see H.R. 5204), H8617 [2OC]

Education: establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (see H.R. 4271, 4272), H7281 [6SE]

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

Education for All Handicapped Children Act: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 399), H8062 [25SE]

Families and domestic relations: limit the effects of domestic violence on the lives of children (see H.R. 3315), H255 [8FE]

FDA: facilitate the importation into the U.S. of certain approved drugs (see H.R. 1885), H209 [2FE]

———uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2129), H2122 [11AP]

Federal employees: treatment of Government physicians' comparability allowances as basic pay for retirement purposes (see H.R. 207), H7871 [19SE]

Federal firefighters: make mandatory separation age match requirement for Federal law enforcement officers (see H.R. 460), H3412 [18MY]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: improve implementation (see H.R. 4502), H6719 [20JY]

Financial institutions: ensure consumer privacy when establishing a framework for the affiliation of banks, securities firms, and other financial service providers (see H.R. 3320), H511 [16FE]

Firearms: applicability of domestic violence-related possession prohibitions to convictions that predate enactment of such prohibitions (see H.R. 59), H5656 [29JN]

———prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see H.R. 1032), H165 [1FE]

Food Security Act: authorize enrollment of land in the Wetlands Reserve Program (see H.R. 2066), H1958 [6AP]

Foreign countries: human rights violations against homosexuals, bisexuals, and transgendered individuals (see H. Con. Res. 259), H631 [1MR]

Friedman, Milton: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4672), H8200 [26SE]

Gambling: prohibit gambling on high school and college sports and the Olympic games (see H.R. 3575), H632 [1MR]

Health: prohibit health insurance and employment discrimination on the basis of genetic information (see H.R. 2457), H7723 [18SE]

Immigration: arrival and departure requirements for Canadian citizens relative to automated entry and exit control systems (see H.R. 4489), H3523 [22MY]

———establish a system of registries for temporary agricultural workers and streamline the procedures for the admission, and extension of stay, for nonimmigrant agricultural workers (see H.R. 4548), H3867 [25MY]

———promote a fairer and more efficient means for using highly skilled workers and improve collection and use of H-1B nonimmigrant fees (see H.R. 3983), H1076 [15MR]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 5180), H7933 [20SE]

International law: protect U.S. military personnel and other U.S. officials from criminal prosecution by an international court to which the U.S. is not a party (see H.R. 4654), H6719 [20JY]

Korean War: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 86), H255 [8FE]

Law enforcement officers: clarify procedures and conditions for the award of matching grants for the purchase of armor vests (see H.R. 4033), H2411 [2MY]

Medicaid: State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see H.R. 3698), H1406 [23MR]

Medicare: coverage of medical nutrition therapy services (see H.R. 1187), H255 [8FE]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 5151), H7871 [19SE]

———designate certain diabetes educators as certified providers for purposes of outpatient diabetes education services (see H.R. 3003), H278 [9FE]

———eliminate reduction in payment rates to home health agencies for home health services (see H.R. 4219), H2123 [11AP]

———extend community nursing organization demonstration projects (see H.R. 5080), H7209 [27JY]

———facilitate use of private contracts (see H.R. 2867), H1119 [16MR]

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

———improve methodology for the calculation of Medicare+Choice program payment rates (see H.R. 4951), H7503 [12SE]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3576), H342 [10FE] (see H.R. 3580), H931 [13MR]

Memorial Day: proclaim a nationwide moment of remembrance (see H. Con. Res. 302), H3523 [22MY]

Mental health: issue commemorative postage stamp to raise autism awareness (see H. Res. 458), H4784 [20JN]

Mexico: elections (see H. Res. 544), H6600 [19JY]

Middle East: prohibit U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority if a Palestinian state is declared unilaterally (see H.R. 4976), H7652 [14SE]

Monuments and memorials: require input from stakeholders, State and local governments, and the Congress prior to designation of any national monument (see H. Con. Res. 254), H510 [16FE]

National Apprenticeship Act: ensure that applications relating to apprenticeship programs are processed in a fair and timely manner (see H.R. 4781), H5435 [28JN]

Native Nations Institute for Leadership, Management, and Policy: establish (see H.R. 4631), H4174 [9JN]

Navajo Code Talkers: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4527), H8736 [3OC]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: waive applicability to employment performed in an employee's residence (see H.R. 3518), H3649 [23MY] (see H.R. 3530), H511 [16FE] (see H.R. 3539), H255 [8FE]

Ohio: constitutionality of State motto (see H. Res. 494), H3474 [19MY]

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]

OSHA: require public comment, and a sound scientific basis, for proposed ergonomics regulations (see H. Con. Res. 260), H1078 [15MR]

Pope John Paul II: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3544), H998 [14MR]

Presidential appointments: require the appointment of the Chief of the Forest Service by the President (see H.R. 3040), H219 [7FE]

Public welfare programs: repeal certain restrictions on food stamp eligibility and increase Federal support for emergency food assistance programs (see H.R. 3192), H1120 [16MR]

Racial relations: recognize the significant contribution the Birmingham Pledge has made in fostering racial harmony and reconciliation (see H.J. Res. 102), H5085 [23JN]

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

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), H7503 [12SE]

Social Security: enhance privacy protections for individuals, prevent fraudulent misuse of account numbers, and provide additional safeguards for beneficiaries with representative payees (see H.R. 4857), H7503 [12SE]

———include additional information in account statements (see H.R. 5028), H7871 [19SE]

———modify reporting requirements (see H.R. 3578), H1120 [16MR]

Taxation: allow a refundable credit for health insurance costs (see H.R. 4113), H5656 [29JN]

———allow an exclusion from gross income for certain amounts of capital gains distributions from regulated investment companies (see H.R. 4723), H7933 [20SE]

———allow credit for elementary and secondary school teachers who provide classroom materials (see H.R. 4025), H1285 [22MR]

———allow credit to businesses who employ military reservists and a comparable credit to self-employed military reservists, and restore deductions for services performed by military reservists (see H.R. 3915), H2239 [12AP]

———eliminate the temporary increase in unemployment tax (see H.R. 1975), H757 [8MR]

———encourage stronger mathematics and science programs at elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 4273), H7281 [6SE]

———establish a commission to review and make recommendations to Congress on reform and simplification of the Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 5027), H9505 [6OC]

———exclude from gross income payments made under Dept. of Defense programs for the repayment of student loans of members of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 3663), H1958 [6AP]

———increase annual limitation on nondeductible contributions and adjust for inflation the amount of deductible contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1322), H255 [8FE]

———provide that ancestors or lineal descendants of members of the Armed Forces shall be taken into account in determining tax-exempt status of veterans' organizations (see H.R. 4434), H4592 [15JN]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 3916), H1285 [22MR]

———repeal increases in motor fuel taxes (see H.R. 3844), H1285 [22MR]

———repeal modification of capital gains tax payments relative to small businesses sold on the installment sales method (see H.R. 3594), H254 [8FE]

———restore deductions for expenses relative to services performed by military reservists (see H.R. 4328), H5241 [27JN]

———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 531), H510 [16FE]

———treatment of contributions of computers to schools and public libraries (see H.R. 2308), H342 [10FE]

———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see H.R. 4570), H7281 [6SE]

———treatment of the sale of a principal residence by a member of the uniformed services or Foreign Service (see H.R. 865), H574 [29FE]

Unemployment: improve the collection of Federal unemployment taxes and the provision of such revenues for employment security administration (see H.R. 3174), H922 [9MR]

Utah: transfer certain oil shale reserves to the Ute Indian Tribe and protect the Colorado River by remediating Atlas uranium milling site near Moab, UT (see H.R. 4165), H1762 [4AP]

Veterans Health Administration: improve personnel system (see H.R. 4759), H7281 [6SE]

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

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), H12021 [6DE]

Water pollution: exempt discharges from certain silviculture activities from permit requirements of the national pollutant discharge elimination system (see H.R. 3625), H3649 [23MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (see H.R. 4871), H6469 [18JY] (see H.R. 4985), H7128 [26JY] (see H.R. 5658), H12094 [14DE]

Education: establish international education policy (see H. Con. Res. 342), H3868 [25MY]

Health care facilities: establish a grant program for unreimbursed costs of border hospitals in providing emergency medical services to undocumented aliens (see H.R. 4973), H7128 [26JY]

High Level Commission on Immigrant Labor Policy: establish (see H.R. 4738), H5084 [23JN]

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

Medicare: make improvements to the Medicare+Choice program (see H.R. 5320), H8405 [27SE]

Mexico: grant a temporary waiver of requirements relative to foreign aid certification of drug enforcement efforts (see H.R. 5155), H7502 [12SE]

Lists

House Pages, H4168 [9JN]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), conference report, H9699 [11OC]

Appropriations: legislative process, H11675, H11680, H11681 [31OC]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 114), H10407 [19OC]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 122), H11721 [1NO]

Armed Forces: declare the American GI as the ``Person of the Century'' for the 20th century (H. Con. Res. 282), H1969 [10AP]

Army: close School of the Americas and determine appropriate education and training for Latin American military personnel, H3354 [18MY]

Buffalo, NY: courthouse construction funding, H6652 [20JY]

Business and industry: require countries receiving foreign assistance engage in fair business practices (H.R. 4697), H6952 [25JY]

Buy American Act: compliance, H6689 [20JY]

Capitol Pages: tribute, H4164, H4165, H4166, H4167, H4168 [9JN]

China, People's Republic of: make trade relations with the U.S. contingent upon free emigration and improved human rights conditions (H.J. Res. 103), H6411 [18JY]

———permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), H3295, H3296 [17MY], H3602 [23MY]

Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (H.R. 701), H2948 [11MY]

Courts: establish a new method for fixing rates of basic pay for administrative appeals judges, H6688 [20JY]

Cuba: lift travel restrictions, H6695 [20JY]

Customs Service: monitoring for radioactivity in imported scrap metals funding through reductions in the Dept. of the Treasury Inspector General's office, H6645, H6646 [20JY]

———Racine, WI, office operations funding, H6653 [20JY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), H3354 [18MY]

Dept. of the Interior: prohibit funding for approval of gaming on Indian lands by any means other than tribal-State compacts, H4582 [15JN]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), H4529, H4557, H4558, H4564, H4582 [15JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: combat money laundering and other financial crimes, H6634, H6635 [20JY]

———require report to Congress on the IMF and World Bank advocacy of privatization, deregulation, and trade liberalization, H6636 [20JY]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations, H7144, H7145, H7146, H7149 [27JY], H7617, H7619, H7621, H7622 [14SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4871), H6622, H6625, H6631, H6634, H6635, H6636, H6643, H6645, H6646, H6648, H6652, H6653, H6654, H6656, H6663, H6685, H6688, H6689, H6694, H6695 [20JY]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4475), conference report, H9019, H9025 [6OC]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), H11721 [1NO]

Drunken driving: national standard to prohibit the operation of motor vehicles by intoxicated individuals, H9025 [6OC]

FAA: budget treatment of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and general revenue fund contributions, H1027 [15MR]

———reauthorizing programs (H.R. 1000), conference report, H1027 [15MR]

FDA: consolidation of offices funding, H6653 [20JY]

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: coverage of abortion procedures, H6663 [20JY]

Firearms: enhance enforcement of handgun safety laws and prevent children from obtaining access to firearms, H6648 [20JY]

Foreign policy: authorize trade and investment policy relative to sub-Saharan Africa (H.R. 434), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 489), H2574 [4MY]

Government: prohibit funding to any agency to monitor or collect information from visitors to Federal Internet sites, H6685 [20JY]

Immigration: arrival and departure requirements for Canadian citizens relative to automated entry and exit control systems (H.R. 4489), H3574 [23MY]

Indian Health Service: funding, H4557, H4558 [15JN]

INS: increase number of Border Patrol agents on the northern border, H6648 [20JY]

IRS: funding, H7619, H7621 [14SE]

Las Cienegas National Conservation Area: establish (H.R. 2941), H8851, H8854 [5OC]

———establish (H.R. 2941), consideration (H. Res. 610), H8848 [5OC]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 4516), conference report, H7617, H7619, H7621, H7622 [14SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4516), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 565), H7144, H7145, H7146, H7149 [27JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4516), veto, H11675, H11680, H11681 [31OC]

Lumber industry: promote open and competitive trade of softwood lumber between the U.S. and Canada (H. Con. Res. 252), E1295 [21JY]

Medicare: make more competitive and efficient and provide for a prescription drug benefit (H.R. 4680), E1179 [30JN]

Mexico: elections (H. Res. 544), H6948 [25JY]

National Endowment for the Arts: funding, H4529, H4557, H4558, H4564 [15JN]

National Endowment for the Humanities: funding, H4529, H4557, H4558, H4564 [15JN]

New York: repeal proposed sale of Governors Island, H6694 [20JY]

Office of National Drug Control Policy: High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas funding through reductions in IRS administrative account, H6643 [20JY]

Parliamentary inquiry, H4564 [15JN]

Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 5), unanimous-consent agreement, H581 [1MR]

Vietnam: make trade relations with the U.S. contingent upon free emigration and improved human rights conditions (H.J. Res. 99), H7014 [26JY]

Votes: position on missed, H2318 [13AP], H9048 [6OC], H11403 [27OC], H11555 [30OC], E1294 [21JY], E1789 [13OC], E1867 [19OC], E1911 [25OC], E2030 [30OC]

World Trade Organization: withdraw U.S. membership and funding (H.J. Res. 90), H4795 [21JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H5841 [11JY], H6047 [13JY]

Tribute, H4167 [9JN]

Reports filed

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and Independent Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 4871) (H. Rept. 106-756), H6469 [18JY]

Tables

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies appropriations (H.R. 4871), H6628-H6630 [20JY]

Tributes

Foley, Representative, H4167 [9JN]

Lasch, Ronald, H6038 [13JY], H7607 [14SE]

MacKinnon, John, E2165 [8DE]