PETERSON, COLLIN C. (a Representative from Minnesota)

Appointments

Bruce F. Vento funeral attendees, H9861 [12OC]

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

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 3660), H1163 [21MR]

Agriculture: enhance dairy markets through dairy product mandatory reporting (see H.R. 5495), H10256 [18OC]

———provide tax and regulatory relief for farmers and improve competitiveness of U.S. commodities and products in global markets (see H.R. 4885), H6598 [19JY]

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: improve Montgomery GI Bill benefits by improving and expanding educational assistance programs (see H.R. 4268), H2967 [11MY]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3573), H255 [8FE]

Aviation: ensure general aviation aircraft access to Federal land and to the airspace over that land (see H.R. 3661), H454 [15FE]

Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness: designate a portion as the Bruce F. Vento Unit (see H.R. 5582), H11206 [26OC]

Carter, Jimmy and Rosalyn: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4289), H5084 [23JN]

Children and youth: promote financial education (see H.R. 2871), H4817 [21JN]

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), H6777 [24JY]

Computers: encourage broadband technology deployment to rural areas (see H.R. 4122), H4592 [15JN]

———prohibit gambling on the Internet (see H.R. 3125), H2012 [10AP]

Contracts: allow choice of arbitration as a means of settling disputes (see H.R. 534), H5656 [29JN]

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

Crime: mandatory minimum sentencing for online child molesters (see H.R. 4076), H1589 [29MR]

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

———exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical supplies, instruments, or equipment (see H.R. 1644), H2606 [4MY]

———lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 4471), H3926 [6JN]

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), H758 [8MR]

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

———establish the Violence Against Women Office (see H.R. 4848), H7282 [6SE]

Dept. of Labor: establish Normal Trade Relations for China Transitional Adjustment Assistance Program (see H.R. 4649), H8406 [27SE]

Dept. of the Interior: National Park Service snowmobile regulations (see H.R. 4560), H3926 [6JN]

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), H11813 [2NO]

———improve outreach program to more fully inform veterans of available benefits (see H.R. 3256), H48 [27JA]

———motor vehicle reimbursement rates for veterans traveling to VA health care facilities (see H.R. 4716), H4817 [21JN]

———provide cost-of-living adjustment for service-connected disability benefits and enhance programs providing compensation and life insurance benefits for veterans (see H.R. 4850), H6719 [20JY]

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

Diseases: address problems associated with polycystic kidney disease (see H. Res. 537), H7366 [7SE]

Ecology and environment: encourage cross-border cooperation and environmental cleanup in Northern Europe (see H.R. 4249), H2655 [8MY]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: reauthorize Impact Aid Program (see H.R. 3616), H455 [15FE]

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]

Equal Pay Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 318), H2771 [9MY]

Fair Labor Standards Act: prohibit issuance of a certificate for subminimum wages for individuals with impaired vision (see H.R. 3540), H1675 [3AP]

Families and domestic relations: recognize and enhance public awareness of the social problem of child abuse and neglect (see H. Con. Res. 76), H255 [8FE]

FCC: prohibit from establishing rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations (see H.R. 3439), H48 [27JA]

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

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: improve implementation (see H.R. 4502), H5241 [27JN]

Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 407), H7280 [6SE]

Fish and fishing: eliminate the wasteful and unsportsmanlike practice of shark finning (see H.R. 3535), H219 [7FE]

Food Security Act: establish the Conservation Security Program (see H.R. 5511), H10472 [19OC]

Forests: establish mandatory procedures to be followed in advance of the permanent closure of any forest road (see H.R. 1523), H2512 [3MY]

Frederick Douglass Gardens, Inc.: establish a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs (see H.R. 5331), H8468 [28SE]

GAO: require report to Congress on agency regulatory actions (see H.R. 3669), H3173 [16MY]

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), H7281 [6SE]

Health: prohibit health insurance and employment discrimination on the basis of genetic information (see H.R. 2457), H2967 [11MY]

Higgins, Andrew Jackson and family: award Congressional Gold Medals (see H.R. 4384), H3926 [6JN]

Higgins Industries: award Congressional Gold Medal to World War II-era employees (see H.R. 4384), H3926 [6JN]

Hunting and trapping: recognize hunting heritage and provide opportunities for continued hunting on public lands (see H.R. 4790), H5654 [29JN]

Immigration: arrival and departure requirements for Canadian citizens relative to automated entry and exit control systems (see H.R. 4489), H3649 [23MY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4090), H1589 [29MR]

INS: provide for direct payment of information fees by foreign students under the Coordinated Interagency Partnership Regulating International Students Program (see H.R. 3732), H758 [8MR]

Iran: emancipation of the Bahai community (see H. Con. Res. 257), H5085 [23JN]

Iraq: provide citizens access to U.S. food and medicines (see H.R. 3825), H2013 [10AP]

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), H10257 [18OC]

Kenya: condemn assassination of John Kaiser and others who worked to promote human rights and justice (see H. Con. Res. 410), H8200 [26SE]

Korean War: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 86), H165 [1FE]

Medicaid: coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services for certain women screened under federally funded programs (see H.R. 1070), H2606 [4MY]

———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), H255 [8FE]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 5151), H7501 [12SE] (see H. Res. 435), H756 [8MR]

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

———improve review procedures (see H.R. 2356), H632 [1MR]

———improve the manner in which new medical technologies are made available to beneficiaries (see H.R. 4395), H5037 [22JN]

———increase access to health care for beneficiaries through telehealth services (see H.R. 4841), H7129 [26JY]

———make more competitive and efficient and provide for a prescription drug benefit (see H.R. 4680), H4591 [15JN]

———payments made under the prospective payment system for home health services (see H.R. 4727), H5241 [27JN]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H5737 [10JY]

Medicare/Medicaid: waive certain nurse aide training requirements (see H.R. 4547), H5737 [10JY]

Migratory Bird Treaty Act: restore certain penalties (see H.R. 4296), H2338 [13AP]

National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Engineering: establish (see H.R. 1795), H209 [2FE]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (see H.R. 3433), H2905 [10MY]

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]

———treatment of certain income for tribe members, age 50 or older, relative to determining eligibility for means-tested public assistance benefits (see H.R. 4858), H6051 [13JY]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: require changes in the bloodborne pathogens standard (see H.R. 5178), H8469 [28SE]

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]

Petroleum: prohibit use of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE), provide flexibility within the EPA's oxygenate requirements, and promote the use of renewable ethanol (see H.R. 4011), H1958 [6AP]

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

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 3842), H3813 [24MY]

———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), H5436 [28JN]

Public buildings: placement of automatic external defibrillators to assist individuals who experience cardiac arrest and protections from civil liability relative to emergency use of the devices (see H.R. 2498), H50 [27JA]

Public welfare programs: repeal certain restrictions on food stamp eligibility and increase Federal support for emergency food assistance programs (see H.R. 3192), H2411 [2MY]

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), H757 [8MR]

Rivers: reduce sediment and nutrient loss in the Upper Mississippi River Basin (see H.R. 4013), H7991 [21SE]

Rural areas: promote and improve access to health care services (see H.R. 4677), H5956 [12JY]

Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument: establish (see H.R. 3676), H5036 [22JN]

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), H5656 [29JN]

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (see H.R. 4259), H3413 [18MY]

Social Security: protect Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms (see H.R. 3859), H4592 [15JN]

Taxation: allow farmer-owned cooperatives access to small ethanol producer tax credit (see H.R. 5279), H8061 [25SE]

———allow small business employers a credit for certain expenses for long-term training of employees in highly skilled small business trades (see H.R. 1824), H6052 [13JY]

———allow tax credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by an intercity passenger rail carrier (see H.R. 3700), H4592 [15JN]

———exclude from self-employment earnings certain payments under the Conservation Reserve Program (see H.R. 4064), H2122 [11AP]

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

———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), H4174 [9JN]

———reduce estate and gift tax rates (see H.R. 5315), H10473 [19OC]

———require certain political organizations to report information to the FEC (see H.R. 3688), H509 [16FE]

———require certain political organizations to report information to the IRS (see H.R. 4168), H1762 [4AP]

———restore deductions for expenses relative to services performed by military reservists (see H.R. 4328), H7723 [18SE]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 1041), H1477 [28MR] (see H.R. 4199), H1956 [6AP]

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

———treatment of certain franchise operation property (see H.R. 2451), H2606 [4MY]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 3872), H8617 [2OC]

———treatment of Government pensions relative to Social Security benefits (see H.R. 372), H5240 [27JN]

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

Telephones: prohibit telemarketers from interfering with a consumers caller identification service (see H.R. 3100), H4592 [15JN]

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

U.S. Congressional Philharmonic Society: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 229), H1285 [22MR]

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), H998 [14MR]

Veterans: increase minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for surviving spouses age 62 and older (see H.R. 2000), H1406 [23MR]

———increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (see H.R. 4131), H1958 [6AP]

———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]

———presumption of service connection for hepatitis C in certain veterans (see H.R. 1020), H632 [1MR]

———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), H7723 [18SE]

———revise rules applicable to net worth limitation relative to pension eligibility (see H.R. 5271), H9011 [5OC]

Veterans Health Administration: improve personnel system (see H.R. 5109), H7503 [12SE]

Volunteer workers: extend appropriations for programs under the National and Community Service Act and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act (see H.R. 4740), H5084 [23JN]

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 2720), H4035 [7JN]

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), H4591 [15JN]

Woods, Tiger: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4926), H7652 [14SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

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

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish presumption of service connection for certain diseases and disabilities of veterans who were exposed to carbon tetrachloride (see H.R. 3651), H373 [14FE] (see H.R. 4522), H3649 [23MY]

Nagel, Anne M.: relief (see H.R. 3870), H757 [8MR]

National Guard: end the prohibition against overtime pay for military technicians (see H.R. 4360), H2410 [2MY]

———extend to military technicians certain provisions concerning separation and retirement benefits of Army Reserve and Air Force Reserve military technicians (see H.R. 4361), H2410 [2MY]

———provide more equitable civil service retirement and retention provisions for technicians (see H.R. 5342), H8468 [28SE]

National Labor Relations Act: treatment of employers and performers in the live performing arts (see H.R. 5185), H7651 [14SE]

Social Security: provide for more equitable distribution of block grant funds under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 5281), H8061 [25SE]

Taxation: increase unified estate and gift tax credit and provide for inflation adjustment (see H.R. 4324), H2339 [13AP]

White Earth Tribal and Community College: add to list of land grant institutions (see H.R. 5280), H8061 [25SE]

Remarks

Agriculture: price supports for sugar, H5570 [29JN]

———strengthen safety net for agricultural producers and improve efficiency and integrity of the Federal crop insurance program (H.R. 2559), conference report, H3821 [25MY]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), H5455, H5570 [29JN], H5768 [11JY]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), H1370 [23MR]

CCC: limit purchase of raw or refined sugar from sugarcane or sugar beets, H5570 [29JN]

China, Republic of: observance of National Day, E1709 [6OC]

Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (H.R. 701), H2843 [10MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: emphasize use of nonlethal methods of predator control for livestock protection at small farms and ranches, H5768 [11JY]

———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 (H.R. 4965), H10002 [17OC]

———provide assistance for the rehabilitation of watershed dams built for flood protection and water resource projects, H10005 [17OC]

Medicare: make more competitive and efficient and provide for a prescription drug benefit (H.R. 4680), H5351 [28JN]

Public broadcasting: anniversary of ``A Prairie Home Companion'' (radio program), E382 [22MR]

Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 5), H586 [1MR]

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), H1812 [5AP]

———funding, H5768 [11JY]

U.S. Grain Standards Act: extend authority to collect fees, authorize appropriations, and improve administration (H.R. 4788), concur with Senate amendment (H. Res. 632), H10005 [17OC]

Vento, Bruce F.: tribute (H. Res. 618), H9577 [10OC]