GUTKNECHT, GIL (a Representative from Minnesota)
Amendments
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), H4221 [12JN]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4871), H6689 [20JY]
Appointments
Bruce F. Vento funeral attendees, H9861 [12OC]
Articles and editorials
Warner Has Story To Tell—Quarterback's Tale Is Memorable, Rochester (MN) Post-Bulletin, H69 [31JA]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agriculture: establish an educational program to improve the risk management skills of agricultural producers (see H.R. 4018), H1764 [4AP]
———grants to assist value-added agricultural businesses (see H.R. 3996), H5955 [12JY]
———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]
American Folklife Center: collect video and audio recordings of personal histories and testimonials of U.S. war veterans (see H.R. 5212), H7870 [19SE]
Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness: designate a portion as the Bruce F. Vento Unit (see H.R. 5582), H11206 [26OC]
Commodity Exchange Act: reauthorize and amend to promote legal certainty, enhance competition, and reduce systemic risk in markets for futures and over-the-counter derivatives (see H.R. 4541), H4485 [14JN]
Contracts: allow choice of arbitration as a means of settling disputes (see H.R. 534), H1406 [23MR]
———ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 3766), H10257 [18OC]
Courts: give U.S. district courts jurisdiction over competing State custody determinations (see H.R. 5456), H9899 [12OC]
———legal definition of human life relative to presence of brain wave activity and spontaneous cardiac activity (see H. Con. Res. 305), H2341 [13AP]
Crime: constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights (see H.J. Res. 64), H2512 [3MY]
Cuba: assist internal opposition and further help the Cuban people to regain their freedom (see H.R. 4537), H3813 [24MY]
Dept. of Agriculture: implement GAO recommendations on improving the administration of the Packers and Stockyards Act (see H.R. 5367), H8735 [3OC]
Dept. of Labor: application of occupational safety and health regulations to home offices relative to promotion of telework opportunities (see H.R. 4098), H1476 [28MR]
Education: establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (see H.R. 4271), H3813 [24MY]
Education for All Handicapped Children Act: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 399), H7577 [13SE]
Fair Labor Standards Act: prohibit issuance of a certificate for subminimum wages for individuals with impaired vision (see H.R. 3540), H165 [1FE]
FCC: follow normal rulemaking procedures in establishing additional requirements for noncommercial educational television broadcasters (see H.R. 3525), H48 [27JA]
———prohibit from establishing rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations (see H.R. 3439), H48 [27JA]
FDA: restrict authority to issue clinical holds on investigational drugs or to deny patients expanded access to such drugs (see H.R. 3677), H10036 [17OC]
Federal Water Pollution Control Act: improve implementation (see H.R. 4502), H4121 [8JN]
FEMA: make grants to fire departments for the acquisition of thermal imaging cameras (see H.R. 1839), H255 [8FE]
Food Quality Protection Act: establish certain requirements (see H.R. 1592), H1958 [6AP]
Food Security Act: establish the Conservation Security Program (see H.R. 5511), H10472 [19OC]
GAO: conduct a comprehensive fraud audit of the Dept. of Education (see H.R. 4079), H1405 [23MR]
Government: accountability of Federal agencies for violations of antidiscrimination and whistleblower protection laws (see H.R. 5516), H11781 [1NO]
Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction: compliance (see H. Con. Res. 293), H1405 [23MR]
Higgins, Andrew Jackson and family: award Congressional Gold Medals (see H.R. 4384), H4036 [7JN]
Higgins Industries: award Congressional Gold Medal to World War II-era employees (see H.R. 4384), H4036 [7JN]
Housing: allow prepayment of loans for rural multifamily housing and preserve such housing as affordable for low-income families (see H.R. 5079), H7366 [7SE]
———expand homeownership (see H.R. 1776), H1163 [21MR]
Kenya: condemn assassination of John Kaiser and others who worked to promote human rights and justice (see H. Con. Res. 410), H8200 [26SE]
Korean War: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 86), H165 [1FE]
Marshall Islands: name the Army missile range at Kwajalein Atoll for former President Ronald Reagan (see H.R. 3554), H455 [15FE]
Medicaid: coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services for certain women screened under federally funded programs (see H.R. 1070), H2606 [4MY]
———waive disproportionate share hospital designation for certain rural hospitals relative to obstetrician requirements (see H.R. 4793), H5654 [29JN]
Medicare: coverage of medically appropriate actinic keratoses treatment and removal (see H. Con. Res. 341), H7212 [27JY]
———increase access to health care for beneficiaries through telehealth services (see H.R. 4841), H7723 [18SE]
———prohibit collection of data from home health agencies under the OASIS data collection program from non-Medicare patients (see H.R. 2246), H757 [8MR]
———waive waiting period for coverage and provide coverage of drugs for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (see H.R. 353), H2966 [11MY]
Medicare/Medicaid: waive certain nurse aide training requirements (see H.R. 4547), H7212 [27JY]
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Engineering: establish (see H.R. 1795), H3925 [6JN]
New Jersey (U.S.S.): issue commemorative postage stamp to honor ship and crew (see H. Con. Res. 119), H255 [8FE]
Olympic games: mint commemorative coins to support the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games and U.S. Olympic Committee programs (see H.R. 3679), H2905 [10MY]
Political campaigns: increase penalties for making or accepting contributions in the name of another and prohibit foreign nationals from making any campaign-related disbursements (see H.R. 1747), H757 [8MR]
Pope, Edmond: demand release from Russian prison for humanitarian reasons (see H. Con. Res. 364), H5956 [12JY] (see H. Con. Res. 404), H7871 [19SE]
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), H2607 [4MY]
Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 4844), H7003 [25JY]
Reagan, Ronald and Nancy: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3591), H253 [8FE]
Research: requirements for disclosures relative to transfers of human fetal tissue (see H.R. 3980), H1076 [15MR]
Rivers: reduce sediment and nutrient loss in the Upper Mississippi River Basin (see H.R. 4013), H1118 [16MR]
Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument: establish (see H.R. 3676), H5436 [28JN]
Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (see H.R. 4259), H4592 [15JN]
States: permit funding of prescription drugs for minors relative to parental consent (see H.R. 3302), H4817 [21JN]
Taxation: allow an investment credit by farmers for value-added agricultural property (see H.R. 4497), H5955 [12JY]
———allow deduction equal to fair market value for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (see H.R. 3249), H1285 [22MR]
———allow farmer-owned cooperatives access to small ethanol producer tax credit (see H.R. 5279), H8061 [25SE]
———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), H2122 [11AP]
———prohibit certain allocations of S corporation stock held by an employee stock ownership plan (see H.R. 3082), H2967 [11MY]
———restore deductions for expenses relative to services performed by military reservists (see H.R. 4328), H2512 [3MY]
———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 531), H3925 [6JN]
———treatment of certain farm rental income and all payments under the environmental conservation acreage reserve program (see H.R. 4260), H2341 [13AP]
———treatment of certain franchise operation property (see H.R. 2451), H7128 [26JY]
———treatment of computers provided to employees for personal use (see H.R. 4274), H2771 [9MY]
———treatment of unused benefits under cafeteria plans that allow flexible spending accounts for out-of-pocket medical expenses (see H.R. 3034), H1120 [16MR]
Television: ensure local service to small, rural markets by satellite providers (see H.R. 3615), H632 [1MR]
Vatican City: U.N. status of the Holy See (see H. Con. Res. 253), H998 [14MR]
Veterans: recognize the importance of veterans to the U.S. and express support for the goals of Veterans Educate Today's Students (VETS) Day (see H. Con. Res. 58), H5843 [11JY]
———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), H7652 [14SE]
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), H12066 [8DE]
Water: prohibit use and provide for remediation of water contaminated by methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) (see H.R. 4303), H2412 [2MY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Committees of the House: majority party appointments (see H. Res. 608), H8735 [3OC]
Designated Speaker pro tempore
House of Representatives, H2413 [3MY], H5847 [12JY], H6357 [18JY]
Letters
Dept. of Agriculture development of an effective interface between the Farm Service Agency's Farm and Home Plan software and Minnesota's FINPACK software: by, H5770 [11JY]
Remarks
Agriculture: price supports for sugar, H5572 [29JN]
———strengthen safety net for agricultural producers and improve efficiency and integrity of the Federal crop insurance program (H.R. 2559), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 512), H3817 [25MY]
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), H5572 [29JN], H5698 [10JY], H5789
Appropriations: legislative process, H11533 [30OC], H11797, H11798, H11799, H11800, H11801, H11802, H11803 [2NO]
Budget: allocation of funds, H7829 [19SE], H11510, H11511 [29OC]
———balance, H1733, H1734, H1735, H1736 [4AP]
———comparison between congressional and Clinton administration proposals, H11504 [29OC]
———deficit, H1733, H1734, H1735, H1736 [4AP], H8052, H8053 [25SE]
———ensure that on-budget surpluses are used to reduce the public debt, H7829 [19SE]
———improve and strengthen budget process (H.R. 853), H3098 [16MY]
———provide for reconciliation of the concurrent resolution to reduce the public debt, decrease the statutory debt limit, and provide for retirement security (H.R. 5203), H7798
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), H1147, H1148 [21MR], H1290, H1314, H1362, H1393 [23MR]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), conference report, H2256 [13AP]
———treatment of any budget surpluses, H8052, H8053 [25SE]
CCC: limit purchase of raw or refined sugar from sugarcane or sugar beets, H5572 [29JN]
China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), H3294 [17MY], H3817 [25MY]
Committees of the House: majority party appointments (H. Res. 608), H8728 [3OC]
Computers: networking and information technology research and development funding (H.R. 2086), consideration (H. Res. 422), H391 [15FE]
Congress: accomplishments of the 106th Congress, H11797, H11798, H11799, H11800 [2NO]
Dept. of Agriculture: develop effective interface between the Farm Service Agency's Farm and Home Plan software and Minnesota's FINPACK software, H5789
———implement GAO recommendations on improving the administration of the Packers and Stockyards Act (H.R. 5367), H8729, H8730, H8731 [3OC]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), H3200 [17MY]
———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 4425), H3074
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4871), H6691 [20JY]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations, H11510 [29OC]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), H11798 [2NO]
Drugs: allow importation of prescription drugs into the U.S. by pharmacists and wholesalers for resale and by U.S. citizens for personal use, H9696 [11OC]
———discrepancy in prescription drug prices between U.S. and foreign countries, H5427, H5433 [28JN], H5849 [12JY], H7907, H7908, H7909 [20SE], H8052, H8053 [25SE]
———reductions in prescription drug prices, H2096 [11AP]
Education: national policy to improve system, H3907, H3908 [6JN]
FDA: clarify certain responsibilities relative to importation of drugs into the U.S. (H.R. 3240), H360 [14FE], H1731 [4AP], H2096 [11AP], H2635 [8MY], H3858 [25MY], H5427, H5433 [28JN]
———prohibit funding to prevent importation into the U.S. of certain approved drugs, H5698 [10JY]
Health Care Financing Administration: reform the regulatory processes used to administer the Medicare program, H7907 [20SE]
House of Representatives: legislative priorities, H11788 [2NO]
Immigration: remove certain limitations on the eligibility of aliens residing in the U.S. to obtain lawful permanent residency status, H11510 [29OC], H11797, H11798 [2NO]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: funding, H11801 [2NO]
IRS: enforce pension age discrimination laws relative to conversion of defined benefit plans to cash balance plans, H6691 [20JY]
Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, H2197, H2198, H2199 [12AP], H6570 [19JY], H7908, H7909 [20SE], H8052 [25SE], H8732, H8733, H8734 [3OC]
National Teacher Day: observance, H2661 [9MY]
Nuclear energy: storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), H1195 [22MR]
OSHA: implementation of ergonomic regulations, H11797 [2NO]
Pensions: reform, H7798
———reform (H.R. 1102), H6512 [19JY]
Pharmaceuticals: reductions in prescription drug prices, H7909 [20SE], H8053 [25SE]
Republican Party: national agenda, H1147, H1148 [21MR], H6567, H6568, H6569, H6570, H6571, H6572, H6573 [19JY]
SBA: improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 652), H11214 [26OC]
Social Security: make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act, H11214 [26OC]
Taxation: eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), H72, H73, H74, H75 [31JA], H265 [9FE]
———relief, H11214 [26OC]
Vento, Bruce F.: tribute (H. Res. 618), H9578 [10OC]
Votes: position on missed, H137
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H11943 [4DE]
Special order: granted, H87 [31JA], H371 [14FE], H1627 [30MR], H1761 [4AP], H2120 [11AP], H2647 [8MY], H3647 [23MY], H3865 [25MY], H7868 [19SE], H8197 [26SE], H9816 [11OC], H11525 [29OC]
Tributes
Lambert, Jean, H3855 [25MY]
Nelson, Missy, H2661 [9MY]
Ressler, Harriet, H5739 [11JY]
Swenson, Eunice, H2661 [9MY]
Warner, Kurt, H68 [31JA]