CAMP, DAVE (a Representative from Michigan)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), H3279 [17MY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4733), H5242 [27JN]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 4516), H4951 [22JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

———provide grants for State programs to provide pregnant women with alternatives to abortion (see H.R. 2901), H1958 [6AP]

Animals: provide for a system of sanctuaries for chimpanzees that are no longer needed in research conducted by the Public Health Service (see H.R. 3514), H10534 [23OC]

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

———improve Montgomery GI Bill benefits by improving and expanding educational assistance programs (see H.R. 4268), H2607 [4MY]

———maintain programs and procedures for accounting of military personnel unaccounted for from previous and future conflicts (see H. Con. Res. 311), H4592 [15JN]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3573), H373 [14FE]

Birds: prohibit interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to States in which animal fighting is lawful (see H.R. 1275), H1119 [16MR]

Budget: provide for reconciliation of the concurrent resolution to reduce the public debt and to decrease the statutory debt limit (see H.R. 4601), H4120 [8JN] (see H.R. 5173), H7650 [14SE]

Children and youth: collection and dissemination of statistics on the number of newborn babies abandoned in public places (see H. Res. 465), H1957 [6AP]

———improve efficiency and effectiveness of abuse and neglect courts (see H.R. 5369), H8735 [3OC]

China, Republic of: U.N. participation (see H. Con. Res. 390), H7366 [7SE]

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

Courts: 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 the entry by false pretenses to certain restricted areas and prevent misuse of genuine and counterfeit police badges (see H.R. 4827), H8062 [25SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: 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), H1629 [30MR]

Dept. of Defense: protect citizen soldiers (see H.R. 4669), H5657 [29JN]

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]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: assist claimants for benefits in developing claims and clarify the burden of proof for such claims (see H.R. 3193), H1588 [29MR]

———establish presumption of service connection for cold weather injuries received during military operations (see H.R. 4760), H5169 [26JN]

———furnish headstones or markers for the marked graves of certain individuals (see H.R. 1160), H7002 [25JY]

Diseases: extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 4069), H1404 [23MR]

———increase research, treatment, and public education of Lyme disease (see H.R. 2790), H342 [10FE]

Education: establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (see H.R. 4271, 4272), H5037 [22JN]

———qualify public defenders for student loan forgiveness under the Federal Perkins Loan Program (see H.R. 4290), H2337 [13AP]

EPA: make grants for the remediation of sediment contamination in certain areas of the Great Lakes (see H.R. 4283), H2337 [13AP]

———require discharges from combined storm and sanitary sewers conform to the combined sewer overflow control policy (see H.R. 828), H4783 [20JN]

Families and domestic relations: increase child support money to families leaving welfare, improve assignment, distribution and collection of certain child support, and promote marriage (see H.R. 4469), H3172 [16MY] (see H.R. 4678), H4591 [15JN]

———issue special postage stamps to fund domestic violence programs (see H.R. 4659), H7373 [11SE]

FCC: follow normal rulemaking procedures in establishing additional requirements for noncommercial educational television broadcasters (see H.R. 3525), H647 [6MR]

———prohibit from establishing rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations (see H.R. 3439), H511 [16FE]

FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2129), H6470 [18JY]

Federal employees: allow agencies to reimburse for certain adoption expenses (see H.R. 2733), H1958 [6AP]

Federal firefighters: make mandatory separation age match requirement for Federal law enforcement officers (see H.R. 460), H7991 [21SE]

Financial institutions: encourage acceptance of environmentally sound processes for dry and wet cleaning as safe investments (see H. Con. Res. 383), H7210 [27JY]

GAO: conduct a comprehensive fraud audit of the Dept. of Education (see H.R. 4079), H1405 [23MR]

Great Lakes: prohibit vessels from discharging ballast water that contains nonindigenous aquatic species and treat such water, and its sediments, using the most effective and efficient methods available (see H.R. 4191), H1851 [5AP]

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

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

———provide refugee status to foreign nationals who assist in the return of POW/MIA (see H.R. 1926), H1406 [23MR]

Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (see H.R. 2420), H3869 [25MY]

Law enforcement: authorize appropriations for the prosecution of obscenity cases (see H.R. 4710), H6599 [19JY]

Law enforcement officers: clarify procedures and conditions for the award of matching grants for the purchase of armor vests (see H.R. 4033), H2341 [13AP]

Lumber industry: promote open and competitive trade of softwood lumber between the U.S. and Canada (see H. Con. Res. 252), H1589 [29MR]

Medicaid: provide families and disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 4825), H7652 [14SE]

Medicare: coverage of screening pap smears and pelvic exams (see H.R. 4571), H8200 [26SE]

———expand and make permanent the demonstration project for military retirees and dependents (see H.R. 1413), H1477 [28MR]

———improve the manner in which new medical technologies are made available to beneficiaries (see H.R. 4395), H4485 [14JN]

———increase access to health care for beneficiaries through telehealth services (see H.R. 4841), H8062 [25SE]

Middle East: condemn current level of violence between Israelis and Palestinians (see H. Con. Res. 426), H10257 [18OC]

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

Motor vehicles: require reports relative to defects in foreign products (see H.R. 5164), H7871 [19SE]

National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Engineering: establish (see H.R. 1795), H3474 [19MY]

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

Olympic games: mint commemorative coins to support the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games and U.S. Olympic Committee programs (see H.R. 3679), H2905 [10MY]

Oscar G. Johnson Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility, Iron Mountain, MI: designate (see H.R. 5520), H12045 [7DE]

OSHA: require public comment, and a sound scientific basis, for proposed ergonomics regulations (see H. Con. Res. 260), H641 [2MR]

Pope, Edmond: demand release from Russian prison for humanitarian reasons (see H. Con. Res. 364), H7652 [14SE] (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), H4174 [9JN]

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

———preserve, rehabilitate, and improve certain railroad tracks and bridges using funds collected through the diesel fuel tax (see H.R. 4746), H8201 [26SE]

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

Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument: establish (see H.R. 3676), H5084 [23JN]

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (see H.R. 4259), H4174 [9JN]

Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 5), H510 [16FE]

———enhance privacy protections for individuals, prevent fraudulent misuse of account numbers, and provide additional safeguards for beneficiaries with representative payees (see H.R. 4857), H7366 [7SE]

———restore Social Services Block Grant funding and the ability of States to transfer Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funds to such block grant (see H.R. 4481), H3308 [17MY]

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

Sudan: increase diplomatic efforts to encourage peace process in ongoing civil war and facilitate relief efforts (see H.R. 2906), H373 [14FE]

Taxation: allow distilled spirits to be produced in dwelling houses and certain other connected structures (see H.R. 3602), H7365 [7SE]

———clarify the child credit allowance, the personal exemptions deduction, and the earned income credit for missing children (see H.R. 5117), H7933 [20SE]

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

———eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (see H.R. 6), H209 [2FE]

———encourage stronger mathematics and science programs at elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 4273), H5037 [22JN]

———ensure that income averaging for farmers does not increase a farmer's liability for the alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 5040), H7207 [27JY]

———establish individual development accounts to allow those with limited means to accumulate assets, access education, own homes and businesses, and achieve economic self-sufficiency (see H.R. 4106), H1476 [28MR]

———exclude from gross income gain from the sale of securities which are used to pay for higher education expenses (see H.R. 4993), H7205 [27JY]

———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see H.R. 3709), H572 [29FE]

———modify private activity bond rule to deter hostile takeovers of water utilities (see H.R. 3309), H2340 [13AP]

———prevent evasion of excise taxes on cigarettes (see H.R. 4598), H4035 [7JN]

———provide a credit for energy efficient appliances (see H.R. 4977), H7128 [26JY]

———provide a higher purchase price limitation applicable to mortgage subsidy bonds based on median family income (see H.R. 4552), H4784 [20JN]

———provide credits for modifications to inter-city buses required under the Americans With Disabilities Act (see H.R. 3836), H2607 [4MY]

———provide for increased fairness to taxpayers (see H.R. 4163), H1762 [4AP]

———provide relief for payment of asbestos-related claims (see H.R. 4543), H3867 [25MY]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 3916), H2239 [12AP]

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

———repeal the targeted area limitation on the expense deduction for environmental remediation costs and extend the termination date of such deduction (see H.R. 4003), H1407 [23MR]

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

———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 531), H2770 [9MY]

———treatment of certain expenses of rural letter carriers relative to the business use of a personal vehicle (see H.R. 4715), H7129 [26JY]

———treatment of certain farm rental income and all payments under the environmental conservation acreage reserve program (see H.R. 4260), H2238 [12AP]

———treatment of charitable use of passenger automobiles (see H.R. 487), H1406 [23MR]

———treatment of computers provided to employees for personal use (see H.R. 4274), H7366 [7SE]

———treatment of contributions of computers to schools and public libraries (see H.R. 2308), H7652 [14SE]

———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (see H.R. 7), H632 [1MR]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 3872), H7366 [7SE]

———treatment of policyholder dividends of mutual life insurance companies and policyholder surplus accounts (see H.R. 3905), H1958 [6AP]

———treatment of self-employment tax relative to certain farm rental income (see H.R. 1044), H1163 [21MR]

Telephones: prohibit telemarketers from interfering with a consumers caller identification service (see H.R. 3100), H2340 [13AP]

United Mine Workers of America: restore stability and equity to the financing of the Combined Benefit Fund (see H.R. 4713), H4817 [21JN]

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), H165 [1FE]

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

William S. Broomfield Post Office Building, Royal Oak, MI: designate (see H.R. 4884), H6598 [19JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Health Care Financing Administration: revise performance standards and certification process for organ procurement organizations (see H.R. 4152), H1674 [3AP] (see H.R. 4592), H4035 [7JN]

Medicare: increase payment amount and establish an annual payment review process for renal dialysis services (see H.R. 5152), H7501 [12SE]

———revise coverage of immunosuppressive drugs (see H.R. 5276), H8061 [25SE]

Taxation: treatment of Indian tribal governments as State, local governments or nonprofit organizations relative to unemployment compensation (see H.R. 4556), H3867 [25MY]

Essays

Soldiers Story: William Ellis, E272 [9MR]

Remarks

Agriculture: strengthen safety net for agricultural producers and improve efficiency and integrity of the Federal crop insurance program (H.R. 2559), conference report, H3822 [25MY]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 3908), H1552 [29MR]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), H5863 [12JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), conference report, H6614 [20JY]

Children and youth: collection and dissemination of statistics on the number of newborn babies abandoned in public places (H. Res. 465), H2022 [11AP]

China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), H3684 [24MY]

Clare, MI: anniversary of St. Cecilia School, E19 [27JA]

Crime: prevent the entry by false pretenses to certain restricted areas and prevent misuse of genuine and counterfeit police badges (H.R. 4827), H8572 [2OC]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), motion to instruct conferees, H7820 [19SE]

DeWitt, MI: tribute to VFW Post 671 Honor Guard, E417 [27MR]

Great Lakes: moratorium on export of bulk fresh water until certain conditions are met (H.R. 2973), H1142 [21MR]

Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption: implementation (H.R. 2909), H6398 [18JY]

Health Care Financing Administration: revise performance standards and certification process for organ procurement organizations (H.R. 4152), E476 [3AP]

House of Representatives: require that excess amounts from Members' official allowances be applied to deficit reduction, H4951, H4952 [22JN]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 4516), H4951, H4952 [22JN]

Medicare: increase payment amount and establish an annual payment review process for renal dialysis services (H.R. 5152), E1469 [13SE]

———make more competitive and efficient and provide for a prescription drug benefit (H.R. 4680), H5360 [28JN]

———revise coverage of immunosuppressive drugs (H.R. 5276), E1581 [25SE]

Michigan: bovine tuberculosis research funding, H1552 [29MR]

Midland Cogeneration Venture (electric company): anniversary, E378 [22MR]

New Lothrop, MI: tribute to New Lothrop High School girls' volleyball team, E468 [30MR]

Olympic games: tribute to U.S. women's softball team, E1633 [29SE]

Schools: postcoital emergency contraception distribution funding, H7820 [19SE]

Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 5), Senate amendment, H1446 [28MR]

Taxation: eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), H295 [10FE]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), H4155 [9JN]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), veto, H7331 [7SE]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4199), H2274 [13AP]

Telephones: prohibit telemarketers from interfering with a consumers caller identification service (H.R. 3100), H8274 [27SE]

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), conference report, H11825 [3NO]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H1161 [21MR], H6047 [13JY]

Tributes

Ellis, William, E272 [9MR]

Jonker, Margo, E1633 [29SE]

Lasch, Ronald, H5821 [11JY]

Valentine, Marv, E164 [16FE]

Wilberding, Carolyn L., E1427 [7SE]