HILL, RICK (a Representative from Montana)

Amendments

Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (H.R. 701), H2916 [11MY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), H4221 [12JN], H4337 [13JN], H4466, H4485 [14JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

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: declare the American GI as the ``Person of the Century'' for the 20th century (see H. Con. Res. 282), H2013 [10AP]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3573), H455 [15FE]

Children and youth: protect infants who are born alive (see H.R. 4292), H7281 [6SE]

China, Republic of: U.N. participation (see H. Con. Res. 390), H7578 [13SE]

Clark, William: posthumous promotion to the grade of captain in the Army (see H.R. 3621), H340 [10FE]

Congressional Research Service: make certain publications and congressional documents available to the public on the Internet (see H.R. 4582), H3924 [6JN]

Contracts: allow choice of arbitration as a means of settling disputes (see H.R. 534), H90 [31JA]

Courts: establish legal standards and procedures for the fair, prompt, inexpensive, and efficient resolution of asbestos exposure personal injury claims, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 1283), H1120 [16MR]

———legal definition of human life relative to presence of brain wave activity and spontaneous cardiac activity (see H. Con. Res. 305), H2341 [13AP]

Crime: prevent identity fraud in consumer credit transactions and credit reports (see H.R. 4311), H2338 [13AP]

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), H4592 [15JN]

Dept. of the Interior: National Park Service snowmobile regulations (see H.R. 4560), H3867 [25MY]

Dept. of Transportation: prohibit action to finalize, implement, or enforce a rule relative to the hours of service of drivers for motor carriers (see H.R. 4511), H4337 [13JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: assist claimants for benefits in developing claims and clarify the burden of proof for such claims (see H.R. 3193), H2411 [2MY]

———improve inpatient medical care services to veterans in areas remote from VA medical facilities (see H.R. 4575), H3868 [25MY]

Education for All Handicapped Children Act: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 399), H7577 [13SE]

Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: reduce the cost of credit (see H.R. 2544), H997 [14MR]

FCC: follow normal rulemaking procedures in establishing additional requirements for noncommercial educational television broadcasters (see H.R. 3525), H48 [27JA]

———prohibit from establishing rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations (see H.R. 3439), H165 [1FE]

FDA: clarify certain responsibilities relative to importation of drugs into the U.S. (see H.R. 3240), H2607 [4MY]

———uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2129), H5656 [29JN]

Financial institutions: repeal authority of the FDIC and the FRS Board of Governors to impose examination fees on State depository institutions (see H.R. 3900), H921 [9MR]

———require payment of interest on reserves maintained at Federal reserve banks by insured depository institutions (see H.R. 4209), H3309 [17MY]

Fire prevention: development of a strategy by Federal land management agencies to reduce forest fuels that place natural resources at a high risk of catastrophic wildfire (see H. Con. Res. 406), H7996 [22SE]

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

GAO: require report to Congress on agency regulatory actions (see H.R. 3669), H2770 [9MY]

Housing: consolidate and improve the regulation of the housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises (see H.R. 3703), H7211 [27JY]

Medicare: revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H4121 [8JN]

Memorial Day: proclaim a nationwide moment of remembrance (see H. Con. Res. 302), H3474 [19MY]

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

Monuments and memorials: prohibit extension or establishment of any national monument without an express act of Congress (see H.R. 4121), H1587 [29MR]

National forests: return of fair and reasonable fees for use and occupancy of land under the recreation residence program (see H.R. 3327), H1477 [28MR]

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

Native Americans: improve American Indian Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (see H.R. 3629), H340 [10FE]

———payment of State taxes on the sale of cigarettes and motor fuel by tribal retail enterprises to persons that are not members of the tribe (see H.R. 5244), H8201 [26SE]

NIH: experimental program to stimulate competitive research (see H.R. 4280), H2337 [13AP]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: waive applicability to employment performed in an employee's residence (see H.R. 3530), H48 [27JA]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: establish a Chief Agricultural Negotiator (see H.R. 3173), H757 [8MR]

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]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 3842), H4174 [9JN]

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]

Racial relations: recognize the significant contribution the Birmingham Pledge has made in fostering racial harmony and reconciliation (see H.J. Res. 102), H5657 [29JN]

Radio: ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio operators (see H.R. 783), H5036 [22JN]

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]

Small business: reauthorize assistance programs (see H.R. 3843), H756 [8MR]

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (see H.R. 4259), H3474 [19MY]

Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 5), H574 [29FE]

———modify reporting requirements (see H.R. 3578), H2512 [3MY]

States: permit funding of prescription drugs for minors relative to parental consent (see H.R. 3302), H7211 [27JY]

Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act: rename as the ``McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act'' (see H.R. 5417), H9768 [11OC]

Taxation: allow individuals a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance and provide for a report on State health insurance safety-net programs (see H.R. 2362), H7211 [27JY]

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

———increase unified estate and gift tax credit and provide for inflation adjustment (see H.R. 4324), H7652 [14SE]

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

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

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

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

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 (see H.R. 3671), H509 [16FE]

Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H7578 [13SE]

Veterans Health Administration: improve personnel system (see H.R. 5109), H7578 [13SE]

Volunteer workers: extend appropriations for programs under the National and Community Service Act and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act (see H.R. 4740), H8062 [25SE]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Agriculture: resolution of certain civil rights discrimination cases (see H.R. 3685), H509 [16FE]

Glacier National Park: Going-to-the-Sun Road rehabilitation funding (see H.R. 4521), H3649 [23MY]

Miles City, MT: convey VA Medical Complex land to Custer County, MT (see H.R. 4912), H6718 [20JY]

Missouri River: establish boundaries and classification of Montana segment (see H.R. 5041), H7207 [27JY]

Taxation: treatment of hard cider (see H.R. 4851), H6051 [13JY]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 3660), consideration (H. Res. 457), H1772 [5AP]

Agriculture: price supports for sugar, H5567 [29JN]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), H5567 [29JN]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 115), H10816 [25OC]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), H5870 [12JY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), H1348 [23MR]

CCC: limit purchase of raw or refined sugar from sugarcane or sugar beets, H5567 [29JN]

China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), H3681 [24MY]

China, Republic of: observance of National Day, E1689 [6OC]

Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (H.R. 701), H2914, H2916, H2917, H2918 [11MY]

Dept. of the Interior: Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Plan implementation, H4505 [15JN]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), H4464, H4466, H4471 [14JN], H4505 [15JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4578), conference report, H8653 [3OC]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4871), consideration (H. Res. 560), H6620 [20JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: disbursement of benefit checks, H10816 [25OC]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), H4100 [8JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4577), motion to instruct conferees, H11505 [29OC]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 638), H10368 [19OC]

Drugs: discrepancy in prescription drug prices between U.S. and foreign countries, H5432 [28JN]

Energy and water development: making appropriations, H10368 [19OC]

FDA: clarify certain responsibilities relative to importation of drugs into the U.S. (H.R. 3240), H5432 [28JN]

Forest Service: recreation programs funding through reductions in Dept. of Energy petroleum technology programs, H4464 [14JN]

———watershed improvement and fish and wildlife protection programs funding through reductions in Timber Sales Management Program, H4471 [14JN]

Glacier National Park: Going-to-the-Sun Road rehabilitation funding (H.R. 4521), H9968 [17OC]

Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (H.R. 1304), consideration (H. Res. 542), H5623 [29JN]

House of Representatives: appreciation of opportunity to serve, H11507 [29OC]

Land and Water Conservation Fund: prohibit taking of private property through use of adverse condemnation proceedings, H2914 [11MY]

Lolo, MT: Travelers Rest Campsite funding through reductions in economic recovery base programs, H4466 [14JN]

Medicare: require HMO's participating in the Medicare+Choice program to commit to 3-year contracts, H11505 [29OC]

Members of Congress: deny cost-of-living adjustments, H6620 [20JY]

Miles City, MT: convey VA Medical Complex land to Custer County, MT (H.R. 4912), E1288 [21JY]

Missouri River: Corps of Engineers river management funding, H10368 [19OC]

———establish boundaries and classification of Montana segment (H.R. 5041), H9966 [17OC]

Montana: authorize construction of the Fort Peck Reservation Rural County Water Supply System (S. 624), H7403 [12SE]

———develop acquisition and disposal plan for consolidation of private and Federal lands, H2916, H2917, H2918 [11MY]

National monuments: prohibit funding to establish or manage certain national monuments, H4505 [15JN]

OSHA: implementation of ergonomic regulations, H4100 [8JN]

Social Security: disbursement of benefit checks, H10816 [25OC]

Taxation: eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), H310 [10FE]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), H4026 [7JN]

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), consideration (H. Res. 455), H1804 [5AP]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H11924 [14NO], H12016 [5DE], H12064 [8DE]

Special order: granted, H10469 [19OC], H11489 [28OC], H11525 [29OC]