COOK, MERRILL (a Representative from Utah)

Amendments

San Rafael Western Legacy District: establish (H.R. 3605), H3958 [7JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Architect of the Capitol: establish the position of Director of Fire Safety and Protection (see H.R. 4366), H5657 [29JN]

Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3573), H219 [7FE]

Business and industry: restrict use of mandatory minimum personnel experience and educational requirements in procurement of information technology goods or services unless sufficiently justified (see H.R. 3582), H632 [1MR]

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

Computers: prohibit gambling on the Internet (see H.R. 3125), H4817 [21JN]

———promote and preserve the successes, leadership, and uniqueness of the U.S. information technology sector (see H. Con. Res. 182), H633 [1MR]

Courts: product liability reform (see H.R. 1577), H2770 [9MY]

Credit: require disclosure of all information in a consumer's file (see H.R. 2856), H2340 [13AP]

Crime: improve information on, and protections against, child sexual abuse (see H.R. 2382), H255 [8FE]

———prevent identity fraud in consumer credit transactions and credit reports (see H.R. 4311), H6052 [13JY]

———prevent misuse of genuine and counterfeit police badges by those seeking to commit a crime (see H.R. 2633), H4783 [20JN]

———prevent the entry by false pretenses to certain restricted areas and prevent misuse of genuine and counterfeit police badges (see H.R. 4827), H5954 [12JY]

Customs Service: prohibit import of diamonds from certain conflict regions in Africa (see H.R. 5147), H9767 [11OC]

Dept. of Defense: allow Medicare-eligible military health care system beneficiaries to enroll in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 205), H2340 [13AP]

Dept. of State: provide appropriate training and materials to all executive branch employees involved in responding to issues related to human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide (see H. Res. 398), H5956 [12JY]

Disasters: creation of protection funds by property and casualty insurance companies for the payment of policyholders' claims arising from future catastrophic events (see H.R. 2749), H7211 [27JY]

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

———increased support and funding to combat juvenile diabetes (see H. Con. Res. 321), H5436 [28JN]

———international tuberculosis control (see H.R. 4057), H1589 [29MR]

Drug abuse: combat methamphetamine production and abuse (see H.R. 2613), H2905 [10MY]

Drugs: combat manufacture, traffic, import, and export of methamphetamine (see H.R. 4248), H2412 [2MY]

———prevent abuse of inhalants (see H.R. 4565), H7212 [27JY]

Education: establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (see H.R. 4271, 4272), H2336 [13AP]

EPA: make grants for the remediation of sediment contamination in certain areas of the Great Lakes (see H.R. 4283), H7003 [25JY]

Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: reduce the cost of credit (see H.R. 2544), H7502 [12SE]

Families and domestic relations: issue special postage stamps to fund domestic violence programs (see H.R. 4659), H6355 [17JY]

FCC: prohibit from establishing rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations (see H.R. 3439), H455 [15FE]

FDA: grant authority to regulate tobacco (see H.R. 4042), H3926 [6JN] (see H.R. 4207), H3813 [24MY]

———uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2129), H3925 [6JN]

Federal employees: reduce contributions to CSRS and FERS (see H.R. 2631), H1852 [5AP]

Federal firefighters: make mandatory separation age match requirement for Federal law enforcement officers (see H.R. 460), H632 [1MR]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: improve implementation (see H.R. 4502), H6719 [20JY]

FERC: hydroelectric projects licensing reform (see H.R. 2335), H3869 [25MY]

Firearms: prohibit funding to give or withhold a preference to a seller of firearms or ammunition relative to an agreement on enhanced safety of handguns and pistols (see H.R. 4257), H2771 [9MY]

———protect and enforce the right to obtain and use firearms for security, self-defense, and other legitimate purposes (see H.R. 347), H2411 [2MY]

———protect right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 1178), H2966 [11MY]

———repeal permanent ban on possession of firearms by persons convicted of certain felonies (see H.R. 3444), H575 [29FE]

Firefighters: authorize equal overtime pay for all Federal employees engaged in wildfire suppression operations (see H.R. 2814), H4817 [21JN]

Fish and fishing: eliminate the wasteful and unsportsmanlike practice of shark finning (see H.R. 3535), H575 [29FE]

———recover depleted fish stocks and promote the long-term sustainability of marine fisheries (see H.R. 4046), H5036 [22JN]

Food Quality Protection Act: establish certain requirements (see H.R. 1592), H255 [8FE]

Freedom of religion: protect religious liberty (see H.R. 4862), H7212 [27JY]

Friedman, Milton: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4672), H4590 [15JN]

FTC: issue new rules regulating telemarketing firms (see H.R. 3180), H3413 [18MY]

GAO: conduct a comprehensive fraud audit of the Dept. of Education (see H.R. 4079), H3474 [19MY]

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

Gonzalez, Henry B.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 445), H12095 [14DE]

Government: separation of powers between Congress and the President (see H.R. 2655), H2967 [11MY]

Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction: compliance (see H. Con. Res. 293), H1405 [23MR]

Health: emphasize the importance of organ, tissue, bone marrow, and blood donation, and support National Donor Day (see H. Con. Res. 247), H254 [8FE]

———prohibit health insurance and employment discrimination on the basis of genetic information (see H.R. 2457), H9505 [6OC]

Housing: consolidate and improve the regulation of the housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises (see H.R. 3703), H7211 [27JY]

———expand protections for especially vulnerable consumers against abusive mortgage lending practices and streamline the framework regulating mortgage originations (see H.R. 4213), H6777 [24JY]

Human rights: condemn use of children as soldiers (see H. Con. Res. 209), H2412 [2MY]

Immigration: make Religious Worker Visa Program permanent (see H.R. 1871), H6470 [18JY]

Insurance: provide equitable coverage of mental health, substance abuse, and chemical dependency treatment services under group and individual health coverage (see H.R. 1515), H2340 [13AP]

———require health plans to cover treatment of a minor child's congenital or developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor, or disease (see H.R. 49), H5169 [26JN]

Iran: emancipation of the Bahai community (see H. Con. Res. 257), H7129 [26JY]

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), H10473 [19OC]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 3633), H3173 [16MY]

Law enforcement officers: clarify procedures and conditions for the award of matching grants for the purchase of armor vests (see H.R. 4033), H1477 [28MR]

———extend retroactive eligibility dates for educational assistance to the surviving spouse and dependent children of officers killed in the line of duty (see H.R. 2059), H4783 [20JN]

Lumber industry: promote open and competitive trade of softwood lumber between the U.S. and Canada (see H. Con. Res. 252), H510 [16FE]

Medicaid: provide families and disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 4825), H6719 [20JY]

———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see H.R. 3698), H2013 [10AP]

Medicare: coverage of chiropractic services under Medicare+Choice program (see H. Con. Res. 62), H1959 [6AP]

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

———demonstration project to provide coverage for cancer patients enrolled in certain clinical trials (see H.R. 1388), H2606 [4MY]

———designate certain diabetes educators as certified providers for purposes of outpatient diabetes education services (see H.R. 3003), H5737 [10JY]

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

———expand and make permanent the demonstration project for military retirees and dependents (see H.R. 1413), H1413 [27MR]

———improve payments under the Medicare+Choice program (see H.R. 4236), H2122 [11AP]

———improve review procedures (see H.R. 2356), H574 [29FE]

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

———reimbursement for chiropractic services (see H.R. 1046), H1588 [29MR]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H2012 [10AP]

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

Motor vehicles: prohibit operation with drugs or alcohol in the body of the driver at a land border port of entry (see H.R. 4329), H3173 [16MY]

Navajo Code Talkers: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4527), H8200 [26SE]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: require changes in the bloodborne pathogens standard (see H.R. 5178), H8201 [26SE]

———waive applicability to employment performed in an employee's residence (see H.R. 3518), H632 [1MR]

Ohio: constitutionality of State motto (see H. Res. 494), H3474 [19MY]

Olympic games: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 259), H4485 [14JN]

Panama Canal: negotiate new agreement relative to the presence of U.S. Armed Forces (see H.R. 3673), H1406 [23MR] (see H. Con. Res. 233), H575 [29FE]

———U.S. control relative to treaties (see H.J. Res. 77), H3309 [17MY]

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

Pope John Paul II: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3544), H3049 [15MY]

Postal Service: delivery of mail to a commercial mail receiving agency (see H.J. Res. 55), H3413 [18MY]

Power resources: simplify Federal oil and gas revenue distributions (see H.R. 4340), H5737 [10JY]

Product safety: promote new and revised toxicological tests that protect human, animal, and environmental health while reducing need for animal testing (see H.R. 4281), H3474 [19MY]

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]

Sierra Leone: support Government in its peace-building efforts (see H. Con. Res. 323), H3650 [23MY]

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (see H.R. 4259), H4592 [15JN]

Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 5), H574 [29FE]

———restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to certain individuals (see H.R. 860), H2411 [2MY]

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

Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act: rename as the ``McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act'' (see H.R. 5417), H9635 [10OC]

Taxation: allow a refundable credit to individuals who donate their organs at death (see H.R. 4048), H2341 [13AP]

———change basis for determination of refinery limitation on oil depletion deduction (see H.R. 870), H5656 [29JN]

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

———encourage stronger mathematics and science programs at elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 4273), H2336 [13AP]

———exclude from self-employment earnings certain payments under the Conservation Reserve Program (see H.R. 4064), H2013 [10AP]

———exclude income derived from the manufacture of products, and provision of services, in outer space (see H.R. 3898), H921 [9MR]

———increase annual limitation on nondeductible contributions and adjust for inflation the amount of deductible contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1322), H3412 [18MY]

———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see H.R. 3709), H922 [9MR]

———prevent evasion of excise taxes on cigarettes (see H.R. 4598), H5085 [23JN]

———provide a credit against income tax for certain charitable conservation contributions of land by small farmers and ranchers (see H.R. 4136), H4817 [21JN]

———provide a uniform dollar limitation for transportation fringe benefits excludable from gross income (see H.R. 3546), H49 [27JA]

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

———repeal motor fuel excise taxes which remain in the general fund of the Treasury on railroads and inland waterway transportation (see H.R. 1001), H757 [8MR]

———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), H7002 [25JY]

———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), H2607 [4MY]

———treatment of higher education expenses and interest on student loans (see H.R. 2750), H5737 [10JY]

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

Tobacco products: prohibit the importation of bidi cigarettes (see H.R. 3628), H3173 [16MY]

Turkey: call for the release of certain Kurdish members of the Parliament from prison, and for the recognition of full cultural and language rights for the Kurdish people (see H. Res. 461), H7282 [6SE]

Ukrainian-American Veterans, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 3463), H5084 [23JN]

Utah: transfer certain oil shale reserves to the Ute Indian Tribe and protect the Colorado River by remediating Atlas uranium milling site near Moab, UT (see H.R. 4165), H2341 [13AP]

Veterans: repeal computation system that reduces annuity for surviving spouses at age 62 relative to Social Security offset (see H.R. 363), H5240 [27JN]

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), H342 [10FE]

Voting: prohibit States from determining that a ballot submitted by an absent uniformed services voter was improperly or fraudulently cast unless the State finds clear and convincing evidence of fraud (see H.R. 5642), H12021 [6DE]

Water pollution: exempt discharges from certain silviculture activities from permit requirements of the national pollutant discharge elimination system (see H.R. 3625), H2770 [9MY]

World War II: war crimes committed by the Japanese military (see H. Con. Res. 357), H7933 [20SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

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]

Orem, UT: permit construction of a hook ramp as part of the highway project to reconstruct the interchange at Interstate Route 15 and University Parkway (see H.R. 5411), H9504 [6OC]

Political campaigns: require candidates for election for Federal office to report to the FEC information on the sale of personal assets (see H.R. 4989), H7205 [27JY]

Taxation: encourage the development of a cost effective commercial space transportation industry (see H.R. 4676), H4591 [15JN]

West Jordon, UT: modify Reuse Project to include recycling and reuse of naturally impaired surface water (see H.R. 4558), H3867 [25MY]

Letters

Constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration of U.S. flag: by, S1842 [29MR]

Remarks

China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), H3691 [24MY]

FAA: reauthorizing programs (H.R. 1000), conference report, E377 [22MR]

NASA: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1654), conference report, H7606 [14SE]

Olympic games: mint commemorative coins to support the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games and U.S. Olympic Committee programs (H.R. 3679), H7805 [19SE]

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport: addition of slots and lifting of perimeter rule on flight distances, E377 [22MR]

San Rafael Western Legacy District: establish (H.R. 3605), H3944, H3958 [7JN]

———expand boundaries to include the Factory Butte and Muddy Creek areas, H3944 [7JN]

———prohibit commercial billboards and other commercial advertising, H3958 [7JN]

Taxation: eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), H308 [10FE]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 3709), H2800 [10MY]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), H4126 [9JN]

University of Utah: anniversary, H459 [16FE], E153 [16FE]

Votes: position on missed, E242 [8MR]