POMBO, RICHARD W. (a Representative from California)

Amendments

Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (H.R. 701), H2877 [10MY]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 2559, Risk Management for the 21st Century Act, H1621 [30MR]

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

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

Agriculture: allow referendum on creation of avocado promotion, research, and information program (see H.R. 2962), H4592 [15JN]

Animals: increase the availability of drugs for minor species and rare diseases in all animals (see H.R. 4780), H5435 [28JN]

Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3573), H2770 [9MY]

Boy Scouts: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 384), H7503 [12SE]

China, Republic of: U.N. participation (see H. Con. Res. 390), H7503 [12SE]

Coal: increase maximum acreage of Federal leases that may be held by an entity in any one State (see H.R. 4298), H3926 [6JN]

Contracts: allow choice of arbitration as a means of settling disputes (see H.R. 534), H1406 [23MR]

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

Credit: create money in the form of noninterest bearing credit and use to provide for noninterest bearing loans to State and local governments for funding capital projects (see H.R. 1452), H2967 [11MY]

Cuba: assist internal opposition and further help the Cuban people to regain their freedom (see H.R. 4537), H3813 [24MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: agricultural trade programs funding (see H.R. 3593), H1163 [21MR]

———consolidate and revise authority on animal health protection (see H.R. 4801), H5655 [29JN]

———extend time period for filing complaints by growers for economic losses due to fradulent fruit and vegetable inspections at Hunts Point Terminal Market, Bronx, NY (see H.R. 4965), H7127 [26JY]

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 State: provide appropriate training and materials to all executive branch employees involved in responding to issues related to human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide (see H. Res. 398), H5956 [12JY]

Dept. of the Interior: authorize States to establish hunting seasons for double-crested cormorants (see H.R. 3118), H6470 [18JY]

———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]

———National Park Service snowmobile regulations (see H.R. 4560), H3867 [25MY]

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

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), H5169 [26JN]

Diseases: increase public awareness of tuberous sclerosis (see H. Con. Res. 337), H9505 [6OC]

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

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

Fair Labor Standards Act: amend (see H.R. 5026), H7871 [19SE]

FEMA: make grants to fire departments to improve public safety against fire and fire-related hazards (see H.R. 1168), H3813 [24MY]

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]

GAO: conduct a comprehensive fraud audit of the Dept. of Education (see H.R. 4079), H3474 [19MY]

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

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

Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction: compliance (see H. Con. Res. 293), H1405 [23MR]

Harbors: repeal harbor maintenance tax and authorize appropriations for activities formerly funded with Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund revenues (see H.R. 1260), H1284 [22MR]

Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (see H.R. 1304), H342 [10FE]

Indonesia: prohibit military assistance relative to free elections and human rights conditions in East Timor (see H.R. 4357), H3050 [15MY]

Korean War: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 86), H758 [8MR]

Marshall Islands: name the Army missile range at Kwajalein Atoll for former President Ronald Reagan (see H.R. 3554), H455 [15FE]

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

Medicaid: assure preservation of safety net hospitals through maintenance of Disproportionate Share Hospital Program (see H.R. 3710), H8200 [26SE]

———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see H.R. 3698), H7003 [25JY]

Medicare: revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H8200 [26SE]

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

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), H4220 [12JN]

National Museum of Jewish Heritage: establish (see H.R. 5287), H8061 [25SE]

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

Nicaragua: protect U.S. citizens against expropriations of property by the Nicaraguan Government (see H.R. 4602), H4120 [8JN]

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]

Panama Canal: U.S. control relative to treaties (see H.J. Res. 77), H342 [10FE]

Pope, Edmond: demand release from Russian prison for humanitarian reasons (see H. Con. Res. 364), H6052 [13JY] (see H. Con. Res. 404), H7871 [19SE]

Pope John Paul II: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3544), H3049 [15MY]

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 Health Service Act: provide certain children's health services (see H.R. 3301), H5656 [29JN]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 4844), H6471 [18JY]

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), H3474 [19MY]

Social Security: protect Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms (see H.R. 3859), H756 [8MR]

Taxation: clarify the child credit allowance, the personal exemptions deduction, and the earned income credit for missing children (see H.R. 5117), H8062 [25SE]

———clarify the definition of contribution in aid of construction (see H.R. 4308), H2607 [4MY]

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

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

———exempt State and local political committees from certain notification and reporting requirements applicable to political organizations (see H.R. 5265), H8406 [27SE]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 4728), H7503 [12SE]

———increase annual limitation on nondeductible contributions and adjust for inflation the amount of deductible contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1322), H3869 [25MY]

———increase unified estate and gift tax credit and provide for inflation adjustment (see H.R. 4112), H1587 [29MR]

———provide relief for payment of asbestos-related claims (see H.R. 4543), H6719 [20JY]

———reduce motor fuel taxes (see H.R. 4006), H1118 [16MR]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 3916), H3049 [15MY]

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

———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 531), H1958 [6AP]

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

———treatment of gold, silver, and platinum in the same manner as stocks and bonds for purposes of maximum capital gains rates (see H.R. 4170), H3173 [16MY]

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]

U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4115), H1587 [29MR]

Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H50 [27JA]

———require employers to give employees who are members of reserve components leave of absence to participate in an honor guard for veterans' funerals (see H.R. 284), H7502 [12SE]

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), H997 [14MR]

Voting: reaffirm voting rights of members of the uniformed services and their dependents by having the Attorney General take appropriate actions to protect such rights in Florida (see H. Con. Res. 444), H12532 [15DE]

Water pollution: exempt discharges from certain silviculture activities from permit requirements of the national pollutant discharge elimination system (see H.R. 3625), H2770 [9MY]

Water Resources Research Act: reauthorize grants for water resources research and technology institutes (see H.R. 4132), H2967 [11MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Clean Air Act: methyl bromide phaseout schedule (see H.R. 4215), H1957 [6AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: evaluate and report on Federal and State laws that regulate private ownership of exotic wild animals (see H.R. 5360), H8735 [3OC]

Immigration: 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]

Taxation: repeal increases in motor fuel taxes (see H.R. 3844), H756 [8MR]

Water: prohibit use of Federal funds for any program that restricts the use of any privately owned water source (see H.R. 3865), H756 [8MR]

Remarks

California: anniversary of statehood, H7551 [13SE]

Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (H.R. 701), H2828, H2870, H2871, H2876, H2877, H2879, H2886 [10MY], H2915, H2922, H2923, H2945 [11MY]

Courts: clarification of jurisdiction over local zoning processes and land use disputes, H1109 [16MR]

———clarification of jurisdiction over private property takings and land use disputes (H.R. 2372), H1092, H1109 [16MR]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), H4509 [15JN]

Land and Water Conservation Fund: prohibit taking of private property through use of adverse condemnation proceedings, H2915 [11MY]

Land use: urban park and recreation, farmland protection, and endangered and threatened species recovery programs funding, H2870, H2871 [10MY]

National monuments: prohibit funding to establish or manage certain national monuments, H2876 [10MY]

Public lands: restrict Federal acquisition of lands to certain designated areas, H2886 [10MY]

———Urban and Community Forestry Assistance Program funding, H2922, H2923 [11MY]

Real property: private property owner rights, H2877, H2879 [10MY]

Stone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge: land acquisition funding, H4509 [15JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H6772 [24JY], H8059 [25SE], H9632 [10OC]