BOUCHER, RICK (a Representative from Virginia)

Appointments

Herbert H. Bateman funeral attendees, H7631 [14SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund: allocate accruing interest to cover health care costs for certain miners (see H.R. 4144), H1628 [30MR]

Agriculture: 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. 3573), H342 [10FE]

Birds: prohibit interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to States in which animal fighting is lawful (see H.R. 1275), H8062 [25SE]

Capital punishment: reduce the risk that innocent persons may be executed (see H.R. 4167), H7366 [7SE]

Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge: designate visitors center as the Herbert H. Bateman Educational and Administrative Center (see H.R. 5388), H8799 [4OC]

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

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), H6052 [13JY]

Copyrights: preserve efficient low-cost commercial financing of enterprises based upon the security of their copyrights and assets (see H.R. 4351), H2410 [2MY]

Courts: product liability reform (see H.R. 1577), H1674 [3AP]

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

CPSC: restore jurisdiction over fixed site amusement park rides (see H.R. 3032), H2411 [2MY]

Cuba: lift trade embargo (see H.R. 229), H3925 [6JN]

———lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 4471), H3172 [16MY]

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 Defense: adjustment of composite theoretical performance levels of high performance computers (see H.R. 3680), H1477 [28MR]

Dept. of Energy: ensure continuation of certain authorities through the Assistant Sec. of Energy for Environment, Safety, and Health relative to indemnification and liability dealing with nuclear incidents (see H.R. 4446), H3049 [15MY]

Dept. of Justice: establish the Violence Against Women Office (see H.R. 4848), H7366 [7SE]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct special resource study of the route used by George Washington and General Rochambeau during the American Revolution (see H.R. 4794), H5654 [29JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: assist claimants for benefits in developing claims and clarify the burden of proof for such claims (see H.R. 3193), H575 [29FE]

Domestic Volunteer Service Act: establish National Youth Technology Corps Program (see H.R. 2934), H922 [9MR]

FCC: prevent imposition of spectrum caps on future Commercial and Mobile Radio Services auctions (see H.R. 4758), H5843 [11JY]

Federal Deposit Insurance Act: require periodic cost-of-living adjustments to the maximum amount of deposit insurance available (see H.R. 4467), H4337 [13JN]

Financial institutions: allow payment of Financing Corporation interest obligations from excess deposit insurance fund reserves (see H.R. 4082), H1477 [28MR]

Fish and fishing: conserve Atlantic highly migratory species of fish (see H.R. 4773), H7366 [7SE]

———establish a fisheries habitat protection, restoration, and enhancement program (see H.R. 4278), H4784 [20JN]

———recover depleted fish stocks and promote the long-term sustainability of marine fisheries (see H.R. 4046), H8200 [26SE]

Foreign aid: international family planning programs funding (see H.R. 3634), H4036 [7JN]

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

Foreign trade: extend trade adjustment assistance benefit period for adversely affected workers enrolled in training programs (see H.R. 4077), H1405 [23MR]

Forests: eliminate commercial logging on public lands and facilitate the economic recovery and diversification of communities dependent on the Federal logging program (see H.R. 1396), H1764 [4AP]

———eliminate commercial logging on public lands and facilitate the economic recovery and diversification of communities dependent on the Federal logging program, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 1396), H2341 [13AP]

Gambling: prohibit gambling on high school and college sports and the Olympic games (see H.R. 3575), H2411 [2MY]

Government regulations: technical corrections in copyright laws (see H.R. 5107), H7280 [6SE]

Health: increase assistance to developing nations with high levels of infectious disease and premature death (see H.R. 3826), H3926 [6JN]

Immigration: ensure no alien is removed, denied benefits, or otherwise deprived of liberty, based on evidence that is kept secret from the alien (see H.R. 2121), H4674 [19JN]

———make Religious Worker Visa Program permanent (see H.R. 1871), H7281 [6SE]

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), H6599 [19JY]

Internet: exempt certain telecommunications traffic from reciprocal compensation requirements (see H.R. 4445), H3049 [15MY]

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), H10036 [17OC]

Jamestown 400th Commemoration Commission: establish (see H.R. 4907), H7282 [6SE]

Joel T. Broyhill Postal Building, Merrifield, VA: designate (see H.R. 3699), H572 [29FE]

Joseph L. Fisher Post Office, Arlington, VA: designate (see H.R. 3701), H572 [29FE]

Madison, James: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 396), H7992 [21SE]

Medicaid: assure preservation of safety net hospitals through maintenance of Disproportionate Share Hospital Program (see H.R. 3710), H1477 [28MR]

———provide families and disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 4825), H10257 [18OC]

———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see H.R. 3698), H1477 [28MR]

Medicare: coverage of glaucoma detection services (see H.R. 2620), H7281 [6SE]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 4770), H5240 [27JN]

———eliminate reduction in payment rates to home health agencies for home health services (see H.R. 4219), H1957 [6AP]

———expand coverage of certain self-injected biologicals (see H.R. 2892), H4784 [20JN]

———increase access to health care for beneficiaries through telehealth services (see H.R. 4841), H6600 [19JY]

———payments made under the prospective payment system for home health services (see H.R. 4727), H5956 [12JY]

———promote research for health promotion and disease prevention and add preventive benefits (see H.R. 3887), H1958 [6AP]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H1764 [4AP]

Motor vehicles: require reports relative to defects in foreign products (see H.R. 5164), H7577 [13SE]

National Health Service Corps: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 5116), H7280 [6SE]

National Law Enforcement Museum: establish (see H.R. 2710), H7281 [6SE]

National School Lunch Act: ensure an adequate level of commodity purchases under the school lunch program (see H.R. 3614), H2411 [2MY]

Olympic games: mint commemorative coins to support the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games and U.S. Olympic Committee programs (see H.R. 3679), H7365 [7SE]

Owen B. Pickett U.S. Customhouse, Norfolk, VA: designate (see H.R. 5284), H8061 [25SE]

Patents: improve quality of patents on certain inventions (see H.R. 5364), H8735 [3OC]

Petroleum: support increase in world crude oil supplies (see H. Con. Res. 284), H1077 [15MR]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 3842), H2512 [3MY]

President and Vice President: constitutional amendment on direct popular election (see H.J. Res. 23), H12045 [7DE]

Public buildings: provide nondiscriminatory access to Federal buildings by telecommunications carriers to ensure competition (see H.R. 2891), H632 [1MR]

Public debt: allow individuals to designate a portion of their income tax return for deficit reduction (see H.R. 5349), H8551 [29SE]

Public utilities: facilitate competition in electric power industry (see H.R. 4971), H7282 [6SE]

Public welfare programs: repeal certain restrictions on food stamp eligibility and increase Federal support for emergency food assistance programs (see H.R. 3192), H7211 [27JY]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 4844), H7003 [25JY]

———protection of train employees (see H.R. 3091), H3523 [22MY]

Research: continuation of Federal research and development programs funding in a fiscally sustainable way (see H.R. 3161), H165 [1FE]

Ships and vessels: temporarily exempt the transport of petroleum and petroleum products between certain ports from restrictions on carriage in coastwise trade (see H.R. 5485), H10473 [19OC]

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (see H.R. 4259), H8062 [25SE]

Social Security: make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act (see H.R. 5291), H8199 [26SE] (see H.R. 5612), H11781 [1NO]

Taxation: allow tax credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by an intercity passenger rail carrier (see H.R. 3700), H3474 [19MY]

———exclude from gross income discharges of indebtedness attributable to certain forgiven residential mortgage obligations (see H.R. 1690), H3523 [22MY]

———expand incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 4094), H3813 [24MY]

———increase annual limitation on nondeductible contributions and adjust for inflation the amount of deductible contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1322), H3813 [24MY]

———provide relief for payment of asbestos-related claims (see H.R. 4543), H12095 [14DE]

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

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 3916), H1120 [16MR]

———repeal modification of capital gains tax payments relative to small businesses sold on the installment sales method (see H.R. 3594), H455 [15FE]

———require certain political organizations to report information to the FEC (see H.R. 4168), H2341 [13AP]

———restore deductions for expenses relative to services performed by military reservists (see H.R. 4328), H7281 [6SE]

———treatment of computers provided to employees for personal use (see H.R. 4274), H2967 [11MY]

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

———treatment of telecommuting (see H.R. 3819), H1852 [5AP]

———use revenues from excise taxes imposed on fuel used in trains for the elimination of railway-highway crossing hazards (see H.R. 2060), H209 [2FE]

Telecommunications: limit FCC authority to review and impose conditions on certain mergers and transactions (see H.R. 4019), H1118 [16MR]

———promote deployment of advanced services and competition by relieving unnecessary burdens on the two percent local exchange carriers (see H.R. 3850), H6777 [24JY]

Telephones: regulate interstate commerce in the use of mobile telephones and strengthen and clarify prohibitions on electronic eavesdropping (see H.R. 3489), H2340 [13AP]

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

Tobacco products: provide export promotion assistance (see H.R. 5382), H8799 [4OC]

———provide for a more restrictive tariff-rate quota on imports (see H.R. 5381), H8799 [4OC]

Trucking industry: support freeze on longer combination vehicles and current Federal limitations on truck size and weight (see H. Con. Res. 306), H3926 [6JN]

Veterans: add diabetes mellitus to the list of service-connected diseases (see H.R. 5438), H11781 [1NO]

———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), H11207 [26OC]

Volunteer firefighters: remove civil liability barriers surrounding donating fire equipment to volunteer fire companies (see H.R. 4736), H5084 [23JN]

Volunteer workers: extend appropriations for programs under the National and Community Service Act and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act (see H.R. 4740), H5956 [12JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Copyrights: reform laws relative to personal interactive performances of recorded musical works (see H.R. 5275), H8061 [25SE]

Remarks

Bankruptcy: amend laws (H.R. 2415), H9791 [11OC]

———amend laws (H.R. 2415), conference report, H9834 [12OC]

Congressional Internet Caucus: analysis of survey results on electronic Government services, E1869 [19OC]

Copyrights: reform laws relative to personal interactive performances of recorded musical works (H.R. 5275), E1583 [25SE]

Dept. of State and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2415), H9791 [11OC]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations, H11289 [26OC]

District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 4942), conference report, H11289 [26OC]

Energy Policy Act: cleanup of uranium and thorium mill sites (H.R. 2641), H8277 [27SE]

Energy Policy and Conservation Act: extend certain programs (H.R. 2884), H2091, H2093 [11AP]

Federal courts: improve operation and administration (H.R. 1752), H3487 [22MY]

FERC: extension of deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project in Alabama (H.R. 3852), H3488 [22MY]

———extension of deadline for commencement of construction of the Arrowrock Dam Hydroelectric Project in Idaho (S. 1236), H3489 [22MY]

———release of findings and recommendations on electric power in California (H. Res. 650), H11317 [26OC]

Nuclear energy: storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), H1191 [22MR]

Patents: improve quality of patents on certain inventions (H.R. 5364), E1651 [3OC]

Sports: reform unfair and anticompetitive practices in professional boxing (H.R. 1832), H3490 [22MY]

Television: authorize loan guarantees to facilitate access to local television broadcast signals in unserved and underserved areas, H11289 [26OC]

———ensure local service to small, rural markets by satellite providers (H.R. 3615), H2292 [13AP]

Tributes

Scott, Wilson M., E2000 [28OC]