DeGETTE, DIANA (a Representative from Colorado)
Amendments
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4690), H4978, H5021, H5037, H5038 [22JN]
Health: revise and extend organ procurement and transplantation programs (H.R. 2418), H1700 [4AP]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
African Americans: acknowledge the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity of slavery in U.S. history (see H. Con. Res. 356), H5956 [12JY]
Air pollution: reduce emissions from electric powerplants (see H.R. 2900), H90 [31JA]
Armed Forces: enhance benefits for active and retired military personnel (see H.R. 4030), H6777 [24JY]
———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 2966), H48 [27JA] (see H.R. 3573), H1163 [21MR]
Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness: establish (see H.R. 4275), H7003 [25JY]
Bureau of the Census: decennial census funding (see H.R. 3581), H1285 [22MR]
Carter, Jimmy and Rosalyn: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4289), H2337 [13AP]
China, Republic of: U.N. participation (see H. Con. Res. 390), H7280 [6SE]
Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 2397), H4336 [13JN]
Clinton, President: address issues of neighborhood crime prevention, community policing and reduction of school crime (see H. Res. 561), H6778 [24JY]
Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (see H.R. 701), H510 [16FE]
Colorado: development of collaborative forest restoration and fire prevention projects by the Forest Service, State and local agencies, and private landowners (see H.R. 5098), H7992 [21SE]
Colorado Canyons National Conservation Area: establish (see H.R. 4275), H7003 [25JY]
Community development: amend certain community reinvestment statutes (see H.R. 3504), H209 [2FE]
———increase capital available to communities for economic and community development projects (see H.R. 4822), H7281 [6SE]
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]
Contracts: ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 3766), H8062 [25SE]
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: establish compensation programs for employees sustaining beryllium and radiation-related injury, illness, or death (see H.R. 4398), H4121 [8JN]
Dept. of HHS: establish an Office on Women's Health (see H.R. 4483), H5436 [28JN]
Dept. of HUD: provide grant renewal under the programs for permanent supportive housing and shelter-plus-care for homeless persons (see H.R. 3613), H1852 [5AP]
Dept. of Justice: establish the Violence Against Women Office (see H.R. 4848), H6051 [13JY]
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), H11194 [25OC]
———provide grants for toll-free telephone number to provide information and assistance to veterans (see H.R. 2736), H2122 [11AP]
Diseases: increased support and funding to combat juvenile diabetes (see H. Con. Res. 321), H4036 [7JN]
———international tuberculosis control (see H.R. 4057), H4592 [15JN]
Domestic Volunteer Service Act: establish National Youth Technology Corps Program (see H.R. 2934), H2967 [11MY]
Education: ensure recruitment and training of math and science teachers at institutions of higher education (see H.R. 3702), H572 [29FE]
Electronic Fund Transfer Act: require additional disclosures relative to exchange rates in transfers involving international transactions (see H.R. 382), H90 [31JA]
FDA: grant authority to regulate tobacco (see H.R. 4207), H1956 [6AP]
Federal Deposit Insurance Act: require periodic cost-of-living adjustments to the maximum amount of deposit insurance available (see H.R. 4467), H6052 [13JY]
Federal employees: ensure one-half of leave for birth, adoption, or foster placement of a child shall be leave with pay (see H.R. 4567), H6777 [24JY]
Financial institutions: ensure consumer privacy when establishing a framework for the affiliation of banks, securities firms, and other financial service providers (see H.R. 3320), H757 [8MR]
Firearms: enhance the enforcement of gun violence laws (see H.R. 4066), H1675 [3AP]
Foreign aid: international family planning programs funding (see H.R. 3634), H922 [9MR]
———prohibit application of certain restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental and multilateral organizations (see H.R. 4211), H4121 [8JN]
Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (see H.R. 1304), H574 [29FE]
———assure coverage of emergency services under group health plans and health insurance (see H.R. 904), H757 [8MR]
———embryonic stem cell research funding (see H. Res. 414), H2341 [13AP]
———minority health programs (see H.R. 3250), H8062 [25SE]
———prohibit health insurance and employment discrimination on the basis of genetic information (see H.R. 2457), H4817 [21JN]
Immigration: protection of battered immigrant women (see H.R. 3083), H6052 [13JY]
INS: provide for direct payment of information fees by foreign students under the Coordinated Interagency Partnership Regulating International Students Program (see H.R. 3732), H1958 [6AP]
Insurance: implement coverage of reconstructive breast surgery resulting from mastectomies (see H.R. 3224), H50 [27JA]
———require group and individual health insurance plans to provide coverage of cancer screening (see H.R. 1285), H8406 [27SE]
———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), H1163 [21MR]
Law enforcement officers: clarify procedures and conditions for the award of matching grants for the purchase of armor vests (see H.R. 4033), H1629 [30MR]
Liberty Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 376), H7212 [27JY]
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), H922 [9MR]
Medicare: coverage for surgical first assisting services of certified registered nurse first assistants (see H.R. 3911), H1164 [21MR]
———coverage of medically necessary pancreas transplantation procedures (see H.R. 4495), H4220 [12JN]
———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 4607), H4120 [8JN] (see H.R. 4770), H5240 [27JN]
———demonstration project to provide coverage for cancer patients enrolled in certain clinical trials (see H.R. 1388), H1629 [30MR]
———designate certain diabetes educators as certified providers for purposes of outpatient diabetes education services (see H.R. 3003), H455 [15FE]
———eliminate time limitation on benefits for immunosuppressive drugs (see H.R. 1115), H50 [27JA]
———expand coverage of certain self-injected biologicals (see H.R. 2892), H1629 [30MR]
———graduate medical education payments (see H.R. 4239), H3926 [6JN]
———increase the percentage of bad hospital debt that is reimbursable (see H.R. 4878), H6469 [18JY]
———protect right of beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare+Choice plans to receive services at any skilled nursing facility (see H.R. 3004), H2607 [4MY]
———reimbursement for chiropractic services (see H.R. 1046), H1119 [16MR]
———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H3172 [16MY]
———State accreditation of diabetes self-management training programs (see H.R. 5074), H7209 [27JY]
———waive waiting period for coverage and provide coverage of drugs for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (see H.R. 353), H1284 [22MR]
Mental health: recognize the importance of mental health awareness, mental disorders, and early detection of mental illnesses (see H. Con. Res. 243), H5169 [26JN]
Mexico: adopt measures to support a peaceful resolution of the conflict and to protect human rights in Chiapas (see H. Con. Res. 238), H373 [14FE]
———political repression of foreign observers (see H. Con. Res. 350), H4120 [8JN]
Middle East: condemn current level of violence between Israelis and Palestinians (see H. Con. Res. 426), H10257 [18OC]
Motor vehicles: require reports relative to defects in foreign products (see H.R. 5164), H7577 [13SE]
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Engineering: establish (see H.R. 1795), H7991 [21SE]
National Nuclear Security Administration: application of environmental protection, safety, and health regulations (see H.R. 4288), H4174 [9JN]
NIH: biomedical research funding (see H. Res. 437), H1407 [23MR]
———establish Office of Autoimmune Diseases (see H.R. 2573), H2340 [13AP]
———improve and expand clinical research programs (see H.R. 1798), H1852 [5AP]
———support modernization and construction of biomedical and behavioral research facilities and laboratory instrumentation (see H.R. 4431), H2966 [11MY]
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), H6777 [24JY]
Office for Protection of Human Research Subjects: establish (see H.R. 3569), H3649 [23MY]
Pensions: protect benefits of employees in defined benefit plans and enforce age discrimination requirements relative to tax legislation on defined benefit plans becoming cash balance plans (see H.R. 2902), H7211 [27JY]
Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 3842), H7211 [27JY]
———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), H3813 [24MY]
Public lands: designate certain national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming (see H.R. 488), H2905 [10MY]
Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 4844), H6719 [20JY]
———protection of train employees (see H.R. 3091), H455 [15FE]
Research: continuation of Federal research and development programs funding in a fiscally sustainable way (see H.R. 3161), H2607 [4MY]
Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge: establish (see H.R. 5264), H7991 [21SE]
Roosevelt National Forest: redesignate Big South Trail in the Comanche Peak Wilderness Area as the Jaryd Atadero Legacy Trail (see H.R. 3817), H3049 [15MY]
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), H8062 [25SE]
Social Security: computation system for benefits relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 1217), H4035 [7JN]
———enhance privacy protections for individuals, prevent fraudulent misuse of account numbers, and provide additional safeguards for beneficiaries with representative payees (see H.R. 4857), H9767 [11OC]
———make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act (see H.R. 5291), H10036 [17OC] (see H.R. 5612), H11955 [4DE]
———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), H5436 [28JN]
———waive waiting period for disability benefits relative to individuals with terminal illnesses (see H.R. 1107), H4336 [13JN]
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: revise and extend programs (see H.R. 4867), H6354 [17JY]
Taxation: allow credit for dry cleaning equipment that uses reduced amounts of hazardous substances (see H.R. 1303), H7211 [27JY]
———allow tax-free rollovers of amounts in one qualified State tuition program to another qualified State tuition program for the same beneficiary (see H.R. 3674), H509 [16FE]
———exclusion from gross income for foster care payments relative to certain nongovernmental placement agencies (see H.R. 1194), H454 [15FE]
———expand incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 4094), H1629 [30MR]
———increase annual limitation on nondeductible contributions and adjust for inflation the amount of deductible contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1322), H5737 [10JY]
———provide a credit for energy efficient appliances (see H.R. 4977), H7366 [7SE]
———provide a credit to taxpayers investing in entities seeking to provide capital to create new markets in low-income communities (see H.R. 2713), H2411 [2MY]
———provide a uniform dollar limitation for transportation fringe benefits excludable from gross income (see H.R. 3546), H922 [9MR]
———provide incentives to reduce energy consumption (see H.R. 5345), H9901 [12OC]
———require certain political organizations to report information to the FEC (see H.R. 4168), H2341 [13AP]
———treatment of computers provided to employees for personal use (see H.R. 4274), H10809 [24OC]
———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 3872), H8617 [2OC]
Trucking industry: support freeze on longer combination vehicles and current Federal limitations on truck size and weight (see H. Con. Res. 306), H4818 [21JN]
Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H7002 [25JY]
Volunteer workers: extend appropriations for programs under the National and Community Service Act and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act (see H.R. 4740), H8062 [25SE]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Children and youth: address special needs relative to organ transplantation (see H.R. 4008), H1118 [16MR]
———protect the health and welfare of children involved in research (see H.R. 5198), H7722 [18SE]
Diseases: reduce burden of diabetes among children and youth (see H.R. 4594), H4035 [7JN]
EPA: streamline and integrate the requirements for pollution-related reporting (see H.R. 4480), H3308 [17MY]
Firearms: ban import of large capacity ammunition feeding devices, promote safe storage and use of handguns by consumers, and extend criminal background checks to gun shows (see H.R. 4009), H1118 [16MR]
Medicaid: assure preservation of safety net hospitals through maintenance of Disproportionate Share Hospital Program (see H.R. 3710), H572 [29FE]
Research: protect human subjects in research (see H.R. 4605), H4120 [8JN]
Social Security: promote smoking cessation under Medicare, Medicaid, and the Maternal and Child Health Program (see H.R. 5208), H7870 [19SE]
Tobacco products: increase legal age for smoking (see H.R. 4432), H2966 [11MY]
Remarks
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 3660), H1783 [5AP]
Appropriations: consideration of certain joint resolutions making continuing (H. Res. 662), H11543 [30OC]
Armed Forces: performance of abortions at overseas military medical facilities, H3350 [18MY]
———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services, H9658
Aspen Skiing Co.: tribute, E577
Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness: establish (H.R. 4275), H6875 [25JY]
CERCLA: exempt small businesses from certain liability (H.R. 5175), H8130 [26SE]
Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (H.R. 701), H2947
Colorado Canyons National Conservation Area: establish (H.R. 4275), H6875 [25JY]
Colorado Ute Indian Tribes: final settlement of water rights claims, H12489
Crime: enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, H9658
Denver, CO: Regional Transportation District funding, E801
———tribute to East High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, E859
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), H3350 [18MY]
———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), conference report, H9658
Dept. of HUD: section 8 housing voucher funding through reductions in NASA space station program, H4894 [21JN]
Dept. of Justice: abortion services for women in Federal prison funding, H5021, H5027 [22JN]
———hazardous chemical storage facility security study funding, H4978, H4979 [22JN]
———transfer of appropriations from other Federal departments and agencies to fund litigation against tobacco industry, H4642 [19JN]
Dept. of the Interior: contract with the Mancos Water Conservancy District to use Mancos Project facilities for impounding, storage, diverting, and carriage of nonproject water for irrigation (S. 2594), E2150
Dept. of Transportation: conduct study to determine ways to reduce fatalities, injuries, and property damage caused by backing vehicles, E1366
Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4475), E801
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4690), H4978, H4979, H5021, H5027 [22JN]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), conference report, H12489
———making appropriations (H.R. 4577), motion to instruct conferees, H7820 [19SE]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), H4642 [19JN], H4842
Diseases: support efforts to increase childhood cancer awareness, treatment, and research (H. Res. 576), H8270 [27SE]
EPA: National Hazardous Waste and Superfund Ombudsman funding, H4842
———streamline and integrate the requirements for pollution-related reporting (H.R. 4480), E750
Firearms: gun control, H1080 [16MR]
———prevent children from having access to firearms, H578 [1MR], H1080 [16MR]
———violence in schools, H578 [1MR]
Great Sand Dunes National Park: establish (S. 2547), H10714 [24OC]
Great Sand Dunes National Park Preserve: establish (S. 2547), H10714 [24OC]
Hazardous substances: designate Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site, H1192 [22MR]
Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (H.R. 1304), consideration (H. Res. 542), H5620, H5624 [29JN]
———recognize differences in organ transplantation between adults and children and study immunosupressive drugs provided to children, H1700 [4AP]
———revise and extend organ procurement and transplantation programs (H.R. 2418), H1700 [4AP]
Health care professionals: exempt discussions on requiring abortion coverage from collective bargaining negotiations between health care professionals and HMO's, H5620, H5624 [29JN]
Houston, Marcus: Prudential Insurance Co., of America Spirit of Community Award recipient for Colorado, E112
Joe Rowell Park: land conveyance to Dolores, CO (S. 1972), E2150
Journal: question of approval, H5851 [12JY]
Medicaid: coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment for certain women and research on relationship between cervical cancer and human papillomavirus (H.R. 4386), H2695 [9MY]
Metro State College: tribute to men's basketball team, E443
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Engineering: establish (H.R. 1795), H8267 [27SE]
Nuclear energy: storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), H1192 [22MR]
Older Americans Act: reauthorize (H.R. 782), H10603
Public Health Service Act: provide certain children's health services (H.R. 4365), H2712 [9MY], H8248, H8255 [27SE]
San Rafael Western Legacy District: establish (H.R. 3605), H3942
SBA: improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), conference report, H11257
Schools: postcoital emergency contraception distribution funding, H7820 [19SE]
Social Security: make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act, H11257
Taxation: extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 3709), H2798
———prohibit the imposition of access fees on Internet service providers (H.R. 1291), E751
Telecommunications: assure competition in markets, E114
Veterans: upgrade medals Asian and Pacific Islander veterans received for World War II service to Medals of Honor, E1111
Wytias, Betty: SafeHouse Denver (domestic violence shelter) Carolyn Hamil-Henderson Memorial Award recipient, E1067
Tributes
Baca, Polly, E1420
Barela, Veronica, E1417
Boyd, Faye, E188
Granado, Lorraine, E1417
Haynes, Anna Jo, E188
Lock, Selma, E1892
Mejia, Ophelia, E1419
Mosley, Edna, E188
Padilla, Wanda, E1418
Sakato, George, E1111
Schomp, Katherine Weaver, E2220
Tanner, Gloria, E188
Whitsett, Hazel, E188