HOLDEN, TIM (a Representative from Pennsylvania)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund: allocate accruing interest to cover health care costs for certain miners (see H.R. 4144), H1628 [30MR]

———assure funds are used solely for their stated purpose (see H.R. 3624), H340 [10FE]

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: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3573), H757 [8MR]

CERCLA: exempt small businesses from certain liability (see H.R. 5175), H7651 [14SE]

Children and youth: expand access to health care (see H.R. 4932), H7212 [27JY]

———improve health and safety of children receiving child care outside the home (see H.R. 4750), H5956 [12JY]

———provide benefits for children of women Vietnam veterans who suffer from certain types of birth defects (see H.R. 4488), H3412 [18MY]

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

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 2397), H4336 [13JN]

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

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), H6719 [20JY]

Contracts: ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 3766), H758 [8MR]

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

Crime: prevent the entry by false pretenses to certain restricted areas and prevent misuse of genuine and counterfeit police badges (see H.R. 4827), H6719 [20JY]

Cuba: exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical supplies, instruments, or equipment (see H.R. 1644), H7211 [27JY]

Dairy Farmer Viability Commission: establish (see H.R. 5356), H8617 [2OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: ensure milk producers receive a fair price for milk marketed for domestic consumption and establish a National Milk Pricing Board (see H.R. 5052), H7208 [27JY]

———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 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 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), H278 [9FE]

———draw down and sale of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve relative to anticompetitive activities (see H.R. 3543), H49 [27JA]

———draw down of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (see H. Con. Res. 274), H921 [9MR]

———treatment of Strategic Petroleum Reserve relative to anticompetitive activities (see H. Con. Res. 291), H1163 [21MR]

Dept. of HHS: establish Office of Correctional Health (see H.R. 4443), H7212 [27JY]

Dept. of Justice: establish the Violence Against Women Office (see H.R. 4848), H6355 [17JY]

Dept. of Labor: establish Normal Trade Relations for China Transitional Adjustment Assistance Program (see H.R. 4649), H6599 [19JY]

Dept. of Transportation: establish a grant program for providing assistance to emergency response organizations (see H.R. 3155), H342 [10FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: enhance outreach programs to more fully inform surviving spouses and dependents of available benefits and provide dedicated staff to assist in obtaining those benefits (see H.R. 5552), H11194 [25OC]

———improve outreach program to more fully inform veterans of available benefits (see H.R. 3256), H6599 [19JY]

———provide grants for toll-free telephone number to provide information and assistance to veterans (see H.R. 2736), H1764 [4AP]

———reaffirm and clarify duty of the Secretary to administer laws which assist claimants for benefits (see H.R. 4864), H6354 [17JY]

Disabled: improve service systems for individuals with developmental disabilities (see H.R. 4920), H7003 [25JY]

Diseases: increase research, treatment, and public education of Lyme disease (see H.R. 2790), H4121 [8JN]

Education: establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (see H.R. 4271, 4272), H6599 [19JY]

———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), H7366 [7SE]

———provide funds to assist high-poverty school districts meet their teaching needs (see H.R. 2344), H7128 [26JY]

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), H6776 [24JY]

———repeal rule on water quality standards total maximum daily load program (see H.J. Res. 105), H6470 [18JY]

———waive oxygen content requirement for certain reformulated gasoline (see H.R. 3449), H632 [1MR]

Families and domestic relations: issue special postage stamps to fund domestic violence programs (see H.R. 4659), H6471 [18JY]

FDA: facilitate the importation into the U.S. of certain approved drugs (see H.R. 1885), H1588 [29MR]

Federal firefighters: make mandatory separation age match requirement for Federal law enforcement officers (see H.R. 460), H632 [1MR]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: improve implementation (see H.R. 4502), H4121 [8JN]

Foreign trade: amend trade laws to address import crises (see H.R. 1505), H922 [9MR]

———eliminate disincentives to fair trade conditions (see H.R. 842), H8469 [28SE]

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

FRS: reduce interest rates (see H. Res. 536), H5240 [27JN]

George Atlee Goodling Post Office Building, York, PA: designate (see H.R. 5210), H7870 [19SE]

Gertrude A. Barber Post Office Building, Erie, PA: designate (see H.R. 4625), H4173 [9JN]

Health: issue special postage stamps to fund organ and tissue donation awareness (see H.R. 3809), H1078 [15MR]

Higgins, Andrew Jackson and family: award Congressional Gold Medals (see H.R. 4384), H4485 [14JN]

Higgins Industries: award Congressional Gold Medal to World War II-era employees (see H.R. 4384), H4485 [14JN]

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), H7281 [6SE]

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]

Joseph F. Smith Post Office Building, Philadelphia, PA: designate (see H.R. 4554), H3867 [25MY]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 3633), H2411 [2MY]

Law enforcement officers: clarify procedures and conditions for the award of matching grants for the purchase of armor vests (see H.R. 4033), H1407 [23MR]

Library of Congress: bicentennial (see H. Con. Res. 269), H1078 [15MR]

Lighthouses: establish a national historic lighthouse preservation program (see H.R. 4613), H4120 [8JN]

Lumber industry: promote open and competitive trade of softwood lumber between the U.S. and Canada (see H. Con. Res. 252), H1959 [6AP]

Medicaid: assure preservation of safety net hospitals through maintenance of Disproportionate Share Hospital Program (see H.R. 3710), H998 [14MR]

———coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services for certain women screened under federally funded programs (see H.R. 1070), H1077 [15MR]

———waive disproportionate share hospital designation for certain rural hospitals relative to obstetrician requirements (see H.R. 4793), H5654 [29JN]

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

———coverage of vision rehabilitation services (see H.R. 2870), H1163 [21MR]

———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), H7723 [18SE]

———improve geographic fairness in Medicare+Choice payments and hospital payments (see H.R. 5070), H7503 [12SE]

———improve methodology for the calculation of Medicare+Choice program payment rates (see H.R. 4951), H7002 [25JY]

———increase payment rates to Medicare+Choice organizations to correct inequities in rural and urban areas (see H.R. 5288), H8406 [27SE]

———protect right of beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare+Choice plans to receive services at any skilled nursing facility (see H.R. 3004), H7211 [27JY]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H1764 [4AP]

———revise regulations on participating hospitals relative to nurse anesthetists' services (see H.R. 804), H6599 [19JY]

Merchant marine industry: tribute to service and sacrifice during periods of war (see H. Con. Res. 327), H6720 [20JY]

Middle East: condemn current level of violence between Israelis and Palestinians (see H. Con. Res. 426), H10037 [17OC]

Nutrition: establish a national folic acid education program to prevent birth defects (see H.R. 2538), H209 [2FE]

O'Connor, John Cardinal: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3557), H89 [31JA]

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

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]

Poland: anniversary of workers' strikes that led to the creation of the independent trade union Solidarnosc (see H. Con. Res. 416), H8735 [3OC]

Pope, Edmond: demand release from Russian prison for humanitarian reasons (see H. Con. Res. 364), H5956 [12JY] (see H. Con. Res. 404), H7871 [19SE]

Pope John Paul II: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3544), H1120 [16MR]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 3842), H1629 [30MR]

———issue a semipostal in order to afford the public a convenient way to contribute to funding for the establishment of the World War II Memorial (see H.R. 4492), H4121 [8JN]

Power resources: encourage summer fill and fuel budgeting programs for propane, kerosene, and heating oil (see H.R. 4264), H2238 [12AP]

———permit draw down of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve relative to anticompetitive activities and provide tax credits for certain energy efficiency improvements (see H.R. 4043), H1163 [21MR]

Public welfare programs: repeal certain restrictions on food stamp eligibility and increase Federal support for emergency food assistance programs (see H.R. 3192), H7502 [12SE]

Radioactive substances: set contamination content standards in metals industry, prohibit release of contaminated scrap metal by Dept. of Energy facilities, and document contamination of imported scrap metals (see H.R. 4566), H3868 [25MY]

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

Robert S. Walker Post Office, Millersville, PA: designate (see H.R. 5418), H9504 [6OC]

Rural areas: 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]

Small business: establish minimum standards of fair conduct in franchise sales and franchise business relationships (see H.R. 3308), H8617 [2OC]

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (see H.R. 4259), H7871 [19SE]

Social Security: make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act (see H.R. 5612), H11813 [2NO]

Taxation: allow an income tax credit to holders of bonds issued to finance land and water reclamation for the anthracite region of Pennsylvania (see H.R. 4314), H2338 [13AP]

———allow tax credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by an intercity passenger rail carrier (see H.R. 3700), H3869 [25MY]

———encourage stronger mathematics and science programs at elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 4273), H6599 [19JY]

———expand incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 4094), H1629 [30MR]

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

———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), H6719 [20JY]

———reduce estate and gift tax rates (see H.R. 5315), H8405 [27SE]

———reduce tax benefits for foreign corporations (see H.R. 4133), H1628 [30MR]

———require certain political organizations to report information to the FEC (see H.R. 3688), H3309 [17MY] (see H.R. 4168), H2607 [4MY]

———treatment of payments received pursuant to the Declaration on Extraordinary Emergency Because of Plum Pox Virus (see H.R. 5211), H8062 [25SE]

———treatment of volunteer firefighter savings account contributions (see H.R. 1870), H7281 [6SE]

Television: ensure local service to small, rural markets by satellite providers (see H.R. 3615), H632 [1MR]

Trade Adjustment Assistance Program: reauthorize (see H.R. 1728), H1284 [22MR]

Trademarks: prohibit the unauthorized destruction, modification, or alteration of product identification codes (see H.R. 2100), H255 [8FE]

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]

———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]

———revise rules applicable to net worth limitation relative to pension eligibility (see H.R. 5271), H8736 [3OC]

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]

Volunteer workers: extend appropriations for programs under the National and Community Service Act and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act (see H.R. 4740), H8799 [4OC]

Water pollution: exempt discharges from certain silviculture activities from permit requirements of the national pollutant discharge elimination system (see H.R. 3625), H2512 [3MY]

Women: reauthorize Federal programs to prevent violence against women (see H.R. 1248), H5656 [29JN]

Woods, Tiger: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4926), H7723 [18SE]

World War II: ensure fair compensation for all victims of Nazi slave and forced labor (see H. Res. 314), H90 [31JA]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H8626 [3OC]

Remarks

Dept. of Energy: Clean Coal Technology Program funding, H4526, H4542 [15JN]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), H4526, H4542 [15JN]

Kowal, Kristy: tribute for participation in Olympic games, H8628 [3OC]

Lackawanna Heritage Valley American Heritage Area: establish (H.R. 940), H7948 [21SE]

Small business: protect from litigation excesses and limit product liability of non-manufacturer product sellers (H.R. 2366), H465 [16FE]

Tributes

Goodling, Representative, H8619 [3OC]

Kramer, John H., H10812 [25OC]