KIND, RON (a Representative from Wisconsin)

Amendments

Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (H.R. 701), H2902 [10MY]

Appointments

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

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

———prohibit products containing dry ultra-filtered milk or casein from being labeled domestic natural cheese (see H.R. 4652), H4484 [14JN]

Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 2966), H48 [27JA] (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), H1674 [3AP]

Business and industry: impose a temporary moratorium on the elimination of the existing ``pooling of interests'' method of accounting for business mergers and acquisitions (see H.R. 5365), H8799 [4OC]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 2397), H455 [15FE]

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), H573 [29FE]

———provide simplified criteria for determining whether an individual is an employee or an independent contractor and limit retroactive employment tax reclassifications (see H.R. 1525), H5737 [10JY]

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

———restore the Federal civil rights remedy for victims of gender-motivated violence (see H.R. 5021), H7207 [27JY]

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

Dept. of Agriculture: provide emergency assistance to dairy producers for any month in which the national average price for Class III milk is less than a certain target price (see H.R. 5649), H12066 [8DE]

Dept. of Defense: return unclaimed military decorations subject to State escheatment to the proper military department for donation to museums and resource centers (see H.R. 5517), H10472 [19OC]

Dept. of Energy: require report on readiness of heating oil and propane industries to respond to rises in prices due to anticompetitive activity, shortage, or extreme winter weather (see H.R. 3662), H1077 [15MR]

Dept. of Justice: establish the Violence Against Women Office (see H.R. 4848), H6600 [19JY]

Dept. of Labor: application of occupational safety and health regulations to home offices relative to promotion of telework opportunities (see H.R. 4098), H1476 [28MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: assist claimants for benefits in developing claims and clarify the burden of proof for such claims (see H.R. 3193), H455 [15FE]

———ensure compensation rates for the service-connected loss of a breast due to a mastectomy are comparable to rates for the loss of use of a creative organ (see H.R. 3998), H1123 [20MR]

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

Diseases: extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 4069), H3173 [16MY]

Domestic Volunteer Service Act: establish National Youth Technology Corps Program (see H.R. 2934), H2967 [11MY]

Education: establish a program for next-generation technology grants to improve teaching and learning in schools (see H.R. 4183), H1851 [5AP]

———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), H2409 [2MY]

———promote child literacy by making books available through early learning and other child care programs (see H.R. 5043), H7207 [27JY]

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

———school construction and infrastructure improvements funding (see H.R. 3705), H572 [29FE]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: ensure services for students are coordinated (see H.R. 4891), H6599 [19JY]

ERISA: improve the retirement security of American families (see H.R. 5549), H11194 [25OC]

Fair Labor Standards Act: clarify treatment of stock options (see H.R. 4109), H1587 [29MR] (see H.R. 4182), H1851 [5AP]

———prohibit issuance of a certificate for subminimum wages for individuals with impaired vision (see H.R. 3540), H212 [3FE]

FDA: facilitate the importation into the U.S. of certain approved drugs (see H.R. 1885), H647 [6MR]

———grant authority to regulate tobacco (see H.R. 4207), H2341 [13AP]

Federal Prison Industries: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (see H.R. 2551), H2340 [13AP]

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

Foreign aid: prohibit application of certain restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental and multilateral organizations (see H.R. 4211), H4121 [8JN]

Foreign policy: provide bilateral debt relief and improve the provision of multilateral debt relief (see H.R. 1095), H574 [29FE]

Gambling: prohibit gambling on high school and college sports and the Olympic games (see H.R. 3575), H511 [16FE]

Health: prohibit health insurance and employment discrimination on the basis of genetic information (see H.R. 2457), H7365 [7SE]

Helsinki Final Act: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 100), H7652 [14SE]

Human rights: condemn use of children as soldiers (see H. Con. Res. 209), H4675 [19JN]

Immigration: promote a fairer and more efficient means for using highly skilled workers and improve collection and use of H-1B nonimmigrant fees (see H.R. 3983), H1120 [16MR]

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), H7652 [14SE]

Korean War Veterans Association, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 1671), H7281 [6SE]

Law enforcement officers: clarify procedures and conditions for the award of matching grants for the purchase of armor vests (see H.R. 4033), H2013 [10AP]

Les Aspin Post Office Building, Janesville, WI: designate (see H.R. 4241), H2122 [11AP]

Medicaid: coverage of community-based attendant services (see H.R. 4416), H11842 [3NO]

———provide families and disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 4825), H8201 [26SE]

———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see H.R. 3698), H3869 [25MY]

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

Medicare: eliminate reduction in payment rates to home health agencies for home health services (see H.R. 4219), H5843 [11JY]

———expand and make permanent the demonstration project for military retirees and dependents (see H.R. 1413), H1674 [3AP]

———improve geographic fairness in Medicare+Choice payments and hospital payments (see H.R. 5070), H7208 [27JY]

———reductions in prescription drug prices (see H.R. 664), H342 [10FE]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H3172 [16MY]

———revise the calculation of base payment rates for the prospective payment system for home health services (see H.R. 5163), H7577 [13SE]

National Charter Schools Week: observance (see H. Con. Res. 310), H2339 [13AP]

National Guard: end the prohibition against overtime pay for military technicians (see H.R. 4360), H9900 [12OC]

———provide more equitable civil service retirement and retention provisions for technicians (see H.R. 5342), H11716 [31OC]

Native Americans: 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]

Navajo Code Talkers: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4527), H8736 [3OC]

NIH: biomedical research funding (see H. Res. 437), H6720 [20JY]

Northern Mariana Islands: prohibit use of the ``Made in USA'' label on products and deny such products duty-free and quota-free treatment (see H.R. 1621), H511 [16FE]

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

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

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), H3309 [17MY]

———issue a semipostal for the American Battle Monuments Commission (see H.R. 4526), H6471 [18JY]

———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), H7128 [26JY]

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), H574 [29FE]

Public welfare programs: repeal certain restrictions on food stamp eligibility and increase Federal support for emergency food assistance programs (see H.R. 3192), H3474 [19MY]

Reagan, Ronald and Nancy: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3591), H1120 [16MR]

Rosie the Riveter-World War II Home Front National Historical Park: establish (see H.R. 4063), H1284 [22MR]

Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act: provide comprehensive technical assistance and implement highly effective prevention programs (see H.R. 3413), H997 [14MR]

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), H3869 [25MY]

Social Security: 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), H5657 [29JN]

Taxation: allow tax credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by an intercity passenger rail carrier (see H.R. 3700), H2967 [11MY]

———encourage production and use of electric vehicles (see H.R. 1108), H2122 [11AP]

———exclude from self-employment earnings certain payments under the Conservation Reserve Program (see H.R. 4064), H2341 [13AP]

———expand incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 4094), H1958 [6AP]

———increase annual limitation on deductible contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 802), H1588 [29MR]

———provide a shorter recovery period for depreciation of certain restaurant buildings (see H.R. 2894), H1406 [23MR]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain leasehold improvements (see H.R. 844), H1119 [16MR]

———provide retirement security and pension reform (see H.R. 5546), H11194 [25OC]

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

———repeal modification of capital gains tax payments relative to small businesses sold on the installment sales method (see H.R. 3594), H922 [9MR]

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

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

———treatment of small businesses (see H.R. 3874), H920 [9MR]

———treatment of tax-exempt bond financing of certain electrical output facilities (see H.R. 721), H997 [14MR]

Telecommunications: promote deployment of advanced services and competition by relieving unnecessary burdens on the two percent local exchange carriers (see H.R. 3850), H2770 [9MY]

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

Trucking industry: support freeze on longer combination vehicles and current Federal limitations on truck size and weight (see H. Con. Res. 306), H3649 [23MY]

Veterans: 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]

———recognize the importance of veterans to the U.S. and express support for the goals of Veterans Educate Today's Students (VETS) Day (see H. Con. Res. 58), H5436 [28JN]

———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), H7211 [27JY]

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 pollution: restore estuary habitats through more efficient financing of projects and the enhanced coordination of Federal and non-Federal programs (see H.R. 1775), H2905 [10MY]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

American Folklife Center: collect video and audio recordings of personal histories and testimonials of U.S. war veterans (see H.R. 5212), H7870 [19SE]

Corps of Engineers: reform (see H.R. 4879), H6469 [18JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: provide direct payments to dairy producers based on milk prices (see H.R. 5051), H7208 [27JY]

Education: establish or expand prekindergarten early learning programs (see H.R. 5573), H11206 [26OC]

———establish program that improves achievement through the integration of technology into curriculum (see H.R. 4081), H1405 [23MR]

Petroleum: reimburse fines levied and collected due to illegal practices engaged in by participants in the petroleum industry to injured consumers based on the consumers' distance from Eau Claire, WI (see H.R. 4913), H6718 [20JY]

Rivers: reduce sediment and nutrient loss in the Upper Mississippi River Basin (see H.R. 4013), H1118 [16MR]

Rural areas: provide funds for automatic external defibrillators and the training of individuals in advanced cardiac life support (see H.R. 4953), H7002 [25JY]

Remarks

Agriculture: enhance dairy markets through dairy product mandatory reporting (S. 2773), H10874 [25OC]

———strengthen safety net for agricultural producers and improve efficiency and integrity of the Federal crop insurance program (H.R. 2559), conference report, H3827 [25MY]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), H5459, H5579, H5584 [29JN]

American Folklife Center: collect video and audio recordings of personal histories and testimonials of U.S. war veterans (H.R. 5212), H7827 [19SE], H8598 [2OC], H8723, H8724 [3OC]

American Heritage Rivers Initiative: funding, H5579 [29JN]

Belgium: tribute to Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial, E2231 [15DE]

Budget: allocation of funds, H1253, H1254 [22MR]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), H5867 [12JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), veto, H7519 [13SE]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), H1253, H1254 [22MR]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), consideration (H. Res. 446), H1296 [23MR]

———treatment of any budget surpluses, H1253, H1254 [22MR]

Chesapeake Bay: restoration (H.R. 3039), H2159 [12AP]

China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), H3604 [23MY]

Citizenship: waiving of residency and English language requirements for Hmong refugees (H.R. 371), H2361 [2MY], H3577 [23MY]

Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (H.R. 701), H2902, H2903 [10MY]

———use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (H.R. 701), consideration (H. Res. 497), H2824 [10MY]

Cole (U.S.S.): terrorist attack on Navy destroyer in Yemen (H. Res. 631), H10078 [18OC]

Corps of Engineers: reform, H10355 [19OC]

———reform (H.R. 4879), H6438 [18JY]

Democratic Party: national agenda, H168 [2FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: provide direct payments to dairy producers based on milk prices (H.R. 5051), H7195 [27JY]

———Rural Community Advancement Program agritourism funding, H5584 [29JN]

Dept. of Education: funding, H7895 [20SE]

Dept. of Energy: solar and renewable energy technology programs funding, H5253 [27JN]

Dept. of the Interior: weatherization assistance grants program funding through reductions in fossil energy research and development program, H4546 [15JN]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), H4479 [14JN], H4546 [15JN]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4690), H4981 [22JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), H4241 [13JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4577), motion to instruct conferees, H7895 [20SE]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), H4850 [21JN]

Ecology and environment: national objectives priority assignments, H7925 [20SE]

Education: establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology, H7971 [21SE]

———establish or expand prekindergarten early learning programs (H.R. 5573), E1976 [28OC]

———establish program that improves achievement through the integration of technology into curriculum (H.R. 4081), H1658 [3AP], H7971 [21SE]

———importance and value of U.S. history education (S. Con. Res. 129), H5669 [10JY]

———national policy to improve system, H1742, H1744, H1745, H1746 [4AP], H7971, H7972 [21SE]

———promote family literacy projects (H.R. 3222), E1467 [13SE]

———provide funds to assist high-poverty school districts meet their teaching needs (H.R. 2344), H7972 [21SE]

———reduce class size and improve teacher quality, H4241 [13JN]

———reductions in school class size, H7895 [20SE]

———support teachers, H2755 [9MY]

———support teachers (H. Res. 492), H2731 [9MY]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: allow States and local school districts flexibility in allocating Federal funds (H.R. 4141), H2755 [9MY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4733), H5225, H5248, H5253 [27JN]

Families and domestic relations: recognize and enhance public awareness of the social problem of child abuse and neglect (H. Con. Res. 76), H356, H357 [14FE]

Forest Service: watershed improvement and fish and wildlife protection programs funding through reductions in Timber Sales Management Program, H4479 [14JN]

GAO: conduct a comprehensive fraud audit of the Dept. of Education (H.R. 4079), H4179, H4180 [12JN]

Health: provide grants to States or private sector institutions to foster organ donor programs, H1716 [4AP]

———revise and extend organ procurement and transplantation programs (H.R. 2418), H1716 [4AP]

Hmong Veterans' Naturalization Act: extend applicability to certain former spouses of deceased Hmong veterans (H.R. 5234), H8007 [25SE]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4055), H2450 [3MY]

Les Aspin Post Office Building, Janesville, WI: designate (H.R. 4241), H3879 [6JN]

Medicare: make more competitive and efficient and provide for a prescription drug benefit (H.R. 4680), consideration (H. Res. 539), H5313 [28JN]

Mississippi River: Upper Mississippi River Comprehensive Plan funding, H5225, H5248 [27JN]

National Wildlife Refuge System Centennial Commission: establish (H.R. 4442), H5675 [10JY]

Ohio: constitutionality of State motto (H. Res. 494), H5185 [27JN]

Older Americans Act: reauthorize (H.R. 782), H10606 [24OC]

Petroleum: decrease dependence on foreign sources through use of renewable fuels, conservation, improving efficiency, and increasing domestic energy supplies, H5253 [27JN]

Political campaigns: assessment of Presidential candidates, H10794, H10795, H10796 [24OC]

———ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 417), H541, H542, H543, H544, H545, H546 [29FE]

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 (H.R. 2498), H11315 [26OC]

Rivers: economic development assistance for the lower Mississippi Delta region, H11818 [3NO]

———establish a sediment and nutrient monitoring network for the Upper Mississippi River Basin, H2902, H2903 [10MY]

———reduce sediment and nutrient loss in the Upper Mississippi River Basin (H.R. 4013), H1116 [16MR]

SBA: Women's Business Centers and National Women's Business Council funding, H4981 [22JN]

Space policy: space station program funding, H4850 [21JN]

Supreme Court: decision on contribution limits in campaign finance system, H541, H542, H543, H544, H545, H546 [29FE]

Taxation: alternative minimum tax rates, H5867 [12JY]

———condition phase-out and repeal of estate and gift taxes on solvency of Social Security and Medicare and public debt reduction, H4083 [8JN]

———condition repeal of tax increase on Social Security benefits on solvency of Social Security and Medicare, H7168, H7169 [27JY]

———expand incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools (H.R. 4094), H2756 [9MY]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), H4141 [9JN]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), consideration (H. Res. 519), H4083 [8JN]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), veto, H7333 [7SE]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (H.R. 3916), H3846 [25MY]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (H.R. 4865), H7168, H7169 [27JY]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (H.R. 4865), consideration (H. Res. 564), H7139 [27JY]

———require certain political organizations to report information to the IRS, H3846 [25MY], H4083 [8JN]

Television: ensure local service to small, rural markets by satellite providers (H.R. 3615), H2297 [13AP]

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), H1811 [5AP]

University of Wisconsin: tribute to athletic program, H1825 [5AP]

University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire: tribute to National Youth Sports Program, E1389 [27JY]

Vento, Bruce F.: tribute (H. Res. 618), H9580 [10OC]

Votes: position on missed, H3494 [22MY], H12028 [7DE]

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), H10355 [19OC]

———provide for conservation and development of water resources and authorize Dept. of the Army construction and improvement projects for rivers and harbors (S. 2796), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 665), H11818 [3NO]

Women: reauthorize Federal programs to prevent violence against women (H.R. 357), H356 [14FE]

———reauthorize Federal programs to prevent violence against women (H.R. 1248), H8104 [26SE]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H4172 [9JN], H12044 [7DE]

Special order: granted, H163 [1FE], H1117 [16MR], H1282 [22MR], H1671 [3AP], H1849 [5AP], H6466 [18JY], H7200 [27JY], H7868 [19SE], H8615 [2OC], H11192 [25OC]

Tributes

Goodling, Representative, H8623 [3OC]

Haddock, Doris (Granny D), H541, H542, H543, H544, H545, H546 [29FE]

Johnson, Jay L., H7195 [27JY]