GILCHREST, WAYNE T. (a Representative from Maryland)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), H3280 [17MY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4733), H5227, H5232, H5262 [27JN]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 820, Coast Guard appropriations, H8766 [4OC]

———H.R. 4205, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, H7134 [27JY]

———S. 835, Estuary Habitat and Chesapeake Bay Restoration Act, H8766 [4OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: increase maximum amount of marketing loan gains and loan deficiency payments that an agricultural producer may receive during the crop year (see H.R. 4894, 4895), H7871 [19SE]

Air pollution: reduce emissions from electric powerplants (see H.R. 2900), H1406 [23MR]

Alfred Rascon Post Office Building, Fulton, MD: designate (see H.R. 4430), H2966 [11MY]

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

Animals: prohibit interstate commerce relative to exotic animals (see H.R. 1202), H4220 [12JN]

Armed Forces: provide that covered beneficiaries shall not be required to pay a copayment for health care services received under TRICARE Prime (see H.R. 3565), H342 [10FE]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3573), H575 [29FE]

———suspend anthrax vaccination immunization program until it is determined to be safe and effective (see H.R. 2548), H5084 [23JN]

———tribute to Marines who lost their lives in V-22 Osprey aircraft accident in Jacksonville, NC (see H. Res. 673), H12085 [13DE]

Armstrong, Lance: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 5258), H9011 [5OC]

Belarus: human rights violations and democracy efforts (see H. Con. Res. 304), H2239 [12AP]

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]

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

Coast Guard: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 372), H6354 [17JY]

Commission on Ocean Policy: establish (see H.R. 4410), H4220 [12JN]

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), H6600 [19JY]

Computers: improve Internet security and protect against cyberterrorism (see H. Con. Res. 285), H1077 [15MR]

———prohibit gambling on the Internet (see H.R. 3125), H4035 [7JN]

Courts: establish new method for fixing rates of basic pay for administrative appeals judges (see H.R. 3185), H50 [27JA]

Crime: improve information on, and protections against, child sexual abuse (see H.R. 2382), H1477 [28MR]

Dept. of Defense: terminate the practice of euthanizing military working dogs at the end of their working life and facilitate the adoption of such dogs (see H.R. 5314), H9505 [6OC]

Dept. of Energy: create an oil reserve for use when fuel oil prices rise sharply because of anticompetitive activity, shortage, or extreme winter weather (see H.R. 3608), H758 [8MR]

———draw down of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (see H. Con. Res. 273), H921 [9MR]

Dept. of HHS: provide State grants for dental health programs for children (see H.R. 4821), H5842 [11JY]

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]

Diseases: issue special postage stamps to fund prostate cancer research (see H.R. 2562), H50 [27JA]

Dr. Flossie McClain Dedmond Post Office Building, Baltimore, MD: designate (see H.R. 4449), H4174 [9JN]

Ecology and environment: maintain health and stability of coral reef ecosystems (H.R. 2903) (see H.R. 3919), H997 [14MR]

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

———improve and refocus civic education (see H.R. 3195), H922 [9MR]

EPA: require discharges from combined storm and sanitary sewers conform to the combined sewer overflow control policy (see H.R. 828), H3649 [23MY]

Everett Alvarez, Jr., Post Office, Rockville, MD: designate (see H.R. 4484), H3308 [17MY]

Fair Labor Standards Act: prohibit issuance of a certificate for subminimum wages for individuals with impaired vision (see H.R. 3540), H255 [8FE]

FDA: grant authority to regulate tobacco (see H.R. 4207), H1956 [6AP]

———uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2129), H1477 [28MR]

Federal employees: extend civil service retirement options to IRS revenue officers, INS inspectors, and certain other Federal law enforcement officers (see H.R. 1228), H7991 [21SE]

Federal firefighters: make mandatory separation age match requirement for Federal law enforcement officers (see H.R. 460), H7280 [6SE]

Federal-State relations: clarify primacy of State and local regulation of fees and surcharges imposed by operators of automatic teller machines (see H.R. 3494), H48 [27JA]

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

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

———eliminate the wasteful and unsportsmanlike practice of shark finning (see H.R. 3535), H48 [27JA]

———establish a fisheries habitat protection, restoration, and enhancement program (see H.R. 4278), H2337 [13AP]

Frederick Douglass Gardens, Inc.: establish a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs (see H.R. 5331), H8617 [2OC]

Frederick L. Dewberry, Jr., Post Office Building, Baltimore, MD: designate (see H.R. 4451), H4174 [9JN]

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

Government: ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 3766), H4675 [19JN]

Health: issue special postage stamps to fund organ and tissue donation awareness (see H.R. 3809), H4036 [7JN]

Insurance: require group and individual health insurance plans to provide coverage of cancer screening (see H.R. 1285), H2340 [13AP]

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]

Japan: oppose permanent seat on U.N. Security Council until the Japanese Government complies with International Whaling Commission requirements and ends the commercialization of whale meat (see H. Con. Res. 431), H11207 [26OC]

Judge Harry Augustus Cole Post Office Building, Baltimore, MD: designate (see H.R. 4450), H4174 [9JN]

Judge Robert Bernard Watts, Sr., Post Office Building, Baltimore, MD: designate (see H.R. 4448), H4174 [9JN]

Law enforcement: combat club drug trafficking, distribution, and abuse (see H.R. 4553), H4485 [14JN]

Medicaid: establish a new prospective payment system for federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics (see H.R. 2341), H209 [2FE]

———provide families and disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 4825), H5954 [12JY]

Medicare: coverage of ambulance services to certain rural outpatient facilities (see H.R. 4549), H3867 [25MY]

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

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 5151), H11207 [26OC]

———expand coverage of certain self-injected biologicals (see H.R. 2892), H6599 [19JY]

———increase proportion of charges recognized for mental health services furnished to qualified beneficiaries residing in congregate residences (see H.R. 4950), H7503 [12SE]

———limit penalty for late enrollment (see H.R. 914), H2411 [2MY]

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

Medicare/Medicaid: waive certain nurse aide training requirements (see H.R. 4547), H4337 [13JN]

Mental health: establish demonstration diversion courts (see H.R. 2594), H1958 [6AP]

Merchant marine industry: tribute to service and sacrifice during periods of war (see H. Con. Res. 327), H4592 [15JN]

Million Mom March: tribute to event supporting gun control legislation (see H. Res. 498), H2770 [9MY]

Motor vehicles: include air pollution information on fuel economy labels for new automobiles (see H.R. 1976), H5843 [11JY]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (see H.R. 3433), H5737 [10JY]

National Ocean Day: designate (see H. Res. 415), H4036 [7JN]

National Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 420), H2412 [2MY]

National School Lunch Act: ensure an adequate level of commodity purchases under the school lunch program (see H.R. 3614), H632 [1MR]

National Wildlife Refuge System Centennial Commission: establish (see H.R. 4442), H3926 [6JN]

National Writing Project: improve (see H.R. 1456), H3523 [22MY]

NIH: biomedical research funding (see H. Res. 437), H1407 [23MR]

NOAA: reauthorize Chesapeake Bay Office and enhance management and restoration programs (see H.R. 4789), H5654 [29JN]

Olympic games: mint commemorative coins to support the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games and U.S. Olympic Committee programs (see H.R. 3679), H7211 [27JY]

Petroleum: prohibit use of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE), provide flexibility within the EPA's oxygenate requirements, and promote the use of renewable ethanol (see H.R. 4011), H1285 [22MR]

Political campaigns: require sponsors of certain election-related communications to provide information regarding their identities and sources of funds (see H.R. 4621), H4173 [9JN]

Pope John Paul II: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3544), H998 [14MR]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 3842), H5955 [12JY]

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), H2337 [13AP]

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 Health Service Act: provide certain children's health services (see H.R. 3301), H3925 [6JN]

Public welfare programs: repeal certain restrictions on food stamp eligibility and increase Federal support for emergency food assistance programs (see H.R. 3192), H1120 [16MR]

Racial relations: recognize the significant contribution the Birmingham Pledge has made in fostering racial harmony and reconciliation (see H.J. Res. 102), H5657 [29JN]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 4844), H6471 [18JY]

———protection of train employees (see H.R. 3091), H7502 [12SE]

Ramadan: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 220), H255 [8FE]

Reagan, Ronald and Nancy: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3591), H253 [8FE]

Rivers: reduce sediment and nutrient loss in the Upper Mississippi River Basin (see H.R. 4013), H4485 [14JN]

Samuel H. Lacy, Sr., Post Office Building, Baltimore, MD: designate (see H.R. 4447), H4174 [9JN]

Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument: establish (see H.R. 3676), H5084 [23JN]

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (see H.R. 4259), H3926 [6JN]

Social Security: improve benefit computation formula for certain workers affected by changes in benefit computation rules (see H.R. 1771), H6470 [18JY]

Taxation: allow a refundable credit for certain Medicare premiums (see H.R. 1772), H6470 [18JY]

———allow an additional individual retirement account deduction based on unused amounts of deduction limitation in prior years (see H.R. 3620), H340 [10FE]

———allow credit for elementary and secondary school teachers who provide classroom materials (see H.R. 4025), H7652 [14SE]

———allow credit to businesses who employ military reservists and a comparable credit to self-employed military reservists, and restore deductions for services performed by military reservists (see H.R. 3915), H3649 [23MY]

———allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts (see H.R. 957), H1764 [4AP]

———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 gross income payments made under Dept. of Defense programs for the repayment of student loans of members of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 4214), H3649 [23MY]

———exclude from self-employment earnings certain payments under the Conservation Reserve Program (see H.R. 4064), H2122 [11AP]

———expand incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 4094), H1476 [28MR]

———increase annual limitation on nondeductible contributions and adjust for inflation the amount of deductible contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1322), H3869 [25MY]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 8), H341 [10FE]

———provide a uniform dollar limitation for transportation fringe benefits excludable from gross income (see H.R. 3546), H7281 [6SE]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 3916), H2341 [13AP]

———restore deductions for expenses relative to services performed by military reservists (see H.R. 4328), H3926 [6JN]

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

———treatment of computers provided to employees for personal use (see H.R. 4274), H3649 [23MY]

———treatment of estate taxes on value of certain property restricted to use as farmland (see H.R. 4101), H2412 [2MY]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 3872), H1406 [23MR]

———treatment of gross income gain on the sale or exchange of certain property restricted to use as farmland (see H.R. 4100), H2412 [2MY]

———treatment of self-employment tax relative to certain farm rental income (see H.R. 1044), H574 [29FE]

———treatment of tips (see H.R. 1329), H2239 [12AP]

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

Terrorism: improve Federal efforts to prepare for, and respond to, terrorist attacks (see H.R. 4210), H4121 [8JN]

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: 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), H7991 [21SE]

Veterans Health Administration: improve personnel system (see H.R. 4759), H6719 [20JY]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: authorize design and construction of a temporary education center (see H.R. 5268), H7996 [22SE]

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 2720), H1163 [21MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Fish and fishing: recover depleted fish stocks and promote the long-term sustainability of marine fisheries (see H.R. 4046), H1163 [21MR]

National Foster Parents Day: designate (see H. Res. 413), H209 [2FE]

NOAA: reauthorize Chesapeake Bay Office and enhance management and restoration programs (see H.R. 5133), H7365 [7SE]

Ships and vessels: revise laws relative to cruise vessels (see H.R. 5337), H8468 [28SE]

Letters

Tribute to Linda Aschenbach-Hackmann: Gary Aschenbach, H490 [16FE]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H4123 [9JN]

Remarks

Appropriations: legislative process, H11796 [2NO]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 115), H10852 [25OC]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 118), H11453 [28OC]

Bateman, Herbert H.: tribute (H. Res. 573), H7435 [12SE]

Bureau of Reclamation: transfer irrigation project property to the Middle Loup Division irrigation district in Nebraska (H.R. 2984), H7662, H7663 [18SE]

California: develop and implement drainage, storm, and flood control projects as part of water-related projects in the Colusa Basin Watershed (H.R. 1113), H7661, H7662 [18SE]

Carl Elliott Federal Building, Jasper, AL: designate (H.R. 4806), H6896 [25JY]

Chesapeake Bay: restoration (H.R. 3039), H2158, H2159, H2160 [12AP]

Climate: global warming, H4344 [14JN]

Coast Guard: anniversary (H. Con. Res. 372), H6896, H6898, H6900 [25JY]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 820), H8766 [4OC]

Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (H.R. 701), H2832, H2874, H2894 [10MY], H2942 [11MY]

Congress: accomplishments of the 106th Congress, H11796 [2NO]

Conservation and Reinvestment Act: condition funding on solvency of Social Security and Medicare, H2874 [10MY]

Courts: clarification of jurisdiction over local zoning processes and land use disputes, H1104, H1105 [16MR]

———clarification of jurisdiction over private property takings and land use disputes (H.R. 2372), H1104, H1105 [16MR]

Delaware River: channel deepening project funding, H5263 [27JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: sell or exchange certain lands in the Black Hills National Forest and use funds to acquire replacement sites and acquire or construct administrative improvements (H.R. 4226), H7659, H7660 [18SE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), H3287 [17MY]

———Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team funding, H3287 [17MY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), H4564 [15JN]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4475), H3451 [19MY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4690), H5137 [26JN]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), H4838, H4883, H4885 [21JN]

Dixon, Julian C.: tribute (H. Res. 671), H12055 [8DE]

Education: direct funding and control to local educational agencies, H10852 [25OC]

———funding, H10852 [25OC]

El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro: designate as a national historic trail (H.R. 2271), H7667, H7668 [18SE]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4733), H5227, H5228, H5229, H5230, H5231, H5232, H5233, H5234, H5235, H5236, H5237, H5263 [27JN]

EPA: limit funding for activities included in the Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gas emissions prior to implementation, H4838 [21JN], H5137 [26JN]

———postpone implementation of air quality standards until issuance of Supreme Court decision, H4883, H4885 [21JN]

Fish and fishing: efforts to rehabilitate salmon stocks in the Pacific Northwest (H.R. 2798), H7656, H7658, H7659 [18SE]

Fishermen's Protective Act: extend reimbursement period for owners of U.S. fishing vessels for costs incurred from seizure and detention by a foreign country (H.R. 1651), concur with Senate amendment (H. Res. 579), H7655 [18SE]

House of Representatives: authority of officials during adjournment, H7193 [27JY]

Indian Health Service: funding, H4564 [15JN]

Land and Water Conservation Fund: require equal distribution of funds for purchase and maintenance of Federal lands, H2894 [10MY]

Maryland: C&D Canal deepening project funding, H5227, H5228, H5229, H5230, H5231 [27JN], H10354 [19OC]

———Tolchester Channel S-turn straightening project funding, H5232, H5233, H5234, H5235, H5236, H5237 [27JN]

National Endowment for the Arts: funding, H4564 [15JN]

National Endowment for the Humanities: funding, H4564 [15JN]

Native Americans: prohibit gaming on certain Indian trust lands in California that were purchased with Federal grants (H.R. 5477), H11899 [14NO]

———settlement of issues and claims related to the trust lands of the Torres-Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians (H.R. 4643), H7663, H7665 [18SE]

Parliamentary inquiry, H5234 [27JN]

San Rafael Western Legacy District: designate certain areas as wilderness study areas, H3950 [7JN]

———establish (H.R. 3605), H3950 [7JN]

Social Security: make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act, H11453 [28OC]

Talbot County, MD: tribute to Parsons Family reunion, E1365 [27JY]

Taxation: phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), H4124 [9JN]

Terrorism: improve Federal efforts to prepare for, and respond to, terrorist attacks (H.R. 4210), H6891 [25JY]

Transportation: prohibit funding for acquisition of diesel buses that do not meet certain emissions levels, H3451 [19MY]

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), consideration (H. Res. 455), H1805 [5AP]

Vietnam: make trade relations with the U.S. contingent upon free emigration and improved human rights conditions (H.J. Res. 99), H7013 [26JY]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: place a plaque to honor those veterans who died after their service, but as a direct result of that service (H.R. 3293), H2666 [9MY]

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), H10354 [19OC]

Water pollution: restore estuary habitats through more efficient financing of projects and the enhanced coordination of Federal and non-Federal programs (H.R. 1775), H7478 [12SE]

———restore estuary habitats through more efficient financing of projects and the enhanced coordination of Federal and non-Federal programs (S. 835), conference report, H10859 [25OC]

White Clay Creek: designate segments and tributaries in Delaware and Pennsylvania as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System (S. 1849), H7669, H7670, H7672 [18SE]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H7575 [13SE]

Special order: granted, H11809 [2NO]

Tribute, H2378 [2MY]

Texts of

H. Res. 579, concur with Senate amendment to H.R. 1651, extend Fishermen's Protective Act reimbursement period for owners of U.S. fishing vessels for costs incurred from seizure and detention by a foreign country, H7655 [18SE]

H.R. 1113, Colusa Basin Watershed Integrated Resources Management Act, H7661 [18SE]

H.R. 2271, El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail Act, H7667 [18SE]

H.R. 2798, Pacific Salmon Recovery Act, H7656-H7658 [18SE]

H.R. 2984, Bureau of Reclamation transfer of irrigation project property to the Middle Loup Division irrigation district in Nebraska, H7662 [18SE]

H.R. 4226, Black Hills National Forest and Rocky Mountain Research Station Improvement Act, H7659 [18SE]

H.R. 4643, Torres-Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians Claims Settlement Act, H7663-H7665 [18SE]

S. 1849, White Clay Creek Wild and Scenic Rivers System Act, H7669 [18SE]

Tributes

Aschenbach-Hackmann, Linda, H490 [16FE]

Weed, John T., H2378 [2MY]

Yates, Sidney R., E2087 [13NO]