SIMPSON, MICHAEL K. (a Representative from Idaho)

Amendments

Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (H.R. 701), H2898 [10MY], H2911 [11MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: 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]

Animals: increase the availability of drugs for minor species and rare diseases in all animals (see H.R. 4780), H8799 [4OC]

Armed Forces: improve Montgomery GI Bill benefits by improving and expanding educational assistance programs (see H.R. 4268), H2336 [13AP]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 2966), H2340 [13AP]

Aviation: ensure general aviation aircraft access to Federal land and to the airspace over that land (see H.R. 3661), H3413 [18MY]

California: develop and implement drainage, storm, and flood control projects as part of water-related projects in the Colusa Basin Watershed (see H.R. 1113), H1284 [22MR]

China, Republic of: congratulations on elections and reaffirmation of U.S. commitment to security and democracy (see H. Con. Res. 292), H1407 [23MR]

Coal: increase maximum acreage of Federal leases that may be held by an entity in any one State (see H.R. 4298), H2771 [9MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: agricultural trade programs funding (see H.R. 3593), H1477 [28MR]

Dept. of the Interior: National Park Service snowmobile regulations (see H.R. 4560), H3867 [25MY]

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), H4337 [13JN]

Drugs: penalties for operating methamphetamine laboratories and increased funding to combat methamphetamine production, trafficking, and abuse (see H.R. 2987), H373 [14FE]

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), H7212 [27JY]

FCC: follow normal rulemaking procedures in establishing additional requirements for noncommercial educational television broadcasters (see H.R. 3525), H255 [8FE]

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

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

FEMA: make grants to fire departments to improve public safety against fire and fire-related hazards (see H.R. 1168), H1406 [23MR]

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]

Firearms: repeal permanent ban on possession of firearms by persons convicted of certain felonies (see H.R. 3444), H1163 [21MR]

GAO: require report to Congress on agency regulatory actions (see H.R. 3521), H212 [3FE]

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

Housing: expand protections for especially vulnerable consumers against abusive mortgage lending practices and streamline the framework regulating mortgage originations (see H.R. 4213), H11446 [27OC]

Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H574 [29FE]

Medicaid: establish a new prospective payment system for federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics (see H.R. 2341), H7652 [14SE]

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

———prohibit U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority if a Palestinian state is declared unilaterally (see H.R. 4976), H7503 [12SE]

Monuments and memorials: require input from stakeholders, State and local governments, and the Congress prior to designation of any national monument (see H. Con. Res. 254), H510 [16FE]

National forests: return of fair and reasonable fees for use and occupancy of land under the recreation residence program (see H.R. 3327), H511 [16FE]

National Trails System Act: require compensation of property owners when certain railbanked trails are developed for public use (see H.R. 4086), H2239 [12AP]

Native Americans: payment of State taxes on the sale of cigarettes and motor fuel by tribal retail enterprises to persons that are not members of the tribe (see H.R. 5244), H7990 [21SE]

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]

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

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]

Privacy: protect the integrity and confidentiality of Social Security numbers and prohibit the establishment of any uniform national identifying number (see H.R. 220), H278 [9FE]

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), H4485 [14JN]

Social Security: include additional information in account statements (see H.R. 5028), H7207 [27JY]

Taxation: allow credit for elementary and secondary school teachers who provide classroom materials (see H.R. 4025), H7723 [18SE]

———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), H2341 [13AP]

———expand incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 1760), H511 [16FE]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 4728), H11207 [26OC]

———increase annual limitation on nondeductible contributions and adjust for inflation the amount of deductible contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1322), H2606 [4MY]

———increase unified estate and gift tax credit and provide for inflation adjustment (see H.R. 4112), H1587 [29MR] (see H.R. 4324), H7652 [14SE]

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

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

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

———treatment of certain franchise operation property (see H.R. 2451), H5955 [12JY]

———treatment of computers provided to employees for personal use (see H.R. 4274), H2906 [10MY]

———treatment of self-employment tax relative to certain farm rental income (see H.R. 1044), H1406 [23MR]

Television: ensure local service to small, rural markets by satellite providers (see H.R. 3615), H632 [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 (see H.R. 3671), H509 [16FE]

Veterans Health Administration: ensure pay parity between dentists and physicians (see H.R. 2660), H1629 [30MR]

———improve personnel system (see H.R. 4759), H6471 [18JY] (see H.R. 5109), H7503 [12SE]

Water pollution: exempt discharges from certain silviculture activities from permit requirements of the national pollutant discharge elimination system (see H.R. 3625), H2905 [10MY]

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

Wildfires: tribute to firefighters for efforts in protecting human lives and limiting property losses (see H. Con. Res. 434), H10808 [24OC]

Women: reauthorize Federal programs to prevent violence against women (see H.R. 1248), H7373 [11SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

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

Idaho: acquire Castle Rock Ranch and use for land exchanges involving certain lands within City of Rocks National Reserve and Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument (see H.R. 3693), H510 [16FE]

———increase appropriations for the north side pumping division of the Minidoka Project (see H.R. 3577), H212 [3FE]

Monuments and memorials: prohibit extension or establishment of any national monument without an express act of Congress (see H.R. 4121), H1587 [29MR]

New York: reintroduce the Eastern Timber Wolf to the Catskill Mountains and authorize the Dept. of the Interior to acquire lands through the BLM to facilitate the reintroduction (see H.R. 4496), H3412 [18MY]

Tariff: prevent circumvention of the sugar tariff-rate quotas (see H.R. 5423), H9504 [6OC]

———semi-manufactured forms of gold (see H.R. 3751), H573 [29FE]

Water: Federal payment of fees and costs in proceedings relative to State water rights adjudications (see H.R. 4196), H1851 [5AP]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H8813 [5OC]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H9014 [6OC]

Remarks

Agriculture: enhance dairy markets through dairy product mandatory reporting (S. 2773), H10874, H10875 [25OC]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), H5767 [11JY]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 126), unanimous-consent agreement, H11943 [4DE]

Bureau of Reclamation: study the engineering feasibility of a water exchange in lieu of electrification of the Prosser Diversion Dam Chandler Pumping Plant in Washington (H.R. 3986), H7747, H7748, H7749 [19SE], H7886, H7887 [20SE]

China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), H3148 [16MY]

Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (H.R. 701), H2898, H2899, H2900 [10MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: emphasize use of nonlethal methods of predator control for livestock protection at small farms and ranches, H5767 [11JY]

———resolution of certain civil rights discrimination cases (H. Con. Res. 296), H2623 [8MY]

Dept. of Justice: prohibit funding to implement Smith & Wesson (business) gun safety settlement agreement, E1244 [14JY]

Dept. of the Interior: land exchange with Idaho (S. 1705), H9962, H9963 [17OC]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), H4517 [15JN]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4690), E1244 [14JY]

FAA: reauthorizing programs (H.R. 1000), conference report, H1020 [15MR]

Idaho: increase appropriations for the north side pumping division of the Minidoka Project (H.R. 3577), H2619, H2620 [8MY]

———tribute to antiviolence pledge by high school students, H8894 [5OC]

Lackawanna Heritage Valley American Heritage Area: establish (H.R. 940), H7947 [21SE]

Land and Water Conservation Fund: require State approval of land acquisitions which result in a net gain of Federal ownership in States where a majority of land is already federally-owned, H2898, H2899, H2900 [10MY]

National monuments: prohibit funding to establish or manage certain national monuments, H4517 [15JN]

New Ulm, MN: recognize the Hermann Monument and Hermann Heights Park as a national symbol of the contributions of German Americans (H. Con. Res. 89), H2620 [8MY]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: funding, H5767 [11JY]

Votes: correction, E1244 [14JY]

———position on missed, E1935 [25OC]

Western States: impact of wildfires, H7243 [6SE]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H3047 [15MY], H7265 [6SE], H8734 [3OC]