HERGER, WALLY (a Representative from California)

Appointments

Julian C. Dixon funeral attendees, H12081 [13DE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Americans With Disabilities Act: require that any civil action against a place of public accommodation or commercial facility allow an opportunity for alleged violations to be corrected (see H.R. 3590), H1477 [28MR]

Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 2966), H511 [16FE] (see H.R. 3573), H575 [29FE]

Budget: allow projected on-budget surplus to be used for tax cuts (see H.R. 1016), H922 [9MR]

———ensure on-budget surplus is used to reduce the public debt (see H.R. 3695), H510 [16FE]

———provide for reconciliation of the concurrent resolution to reduce the public debt, decrease the statutory debt limit, and provide for retirement security (see H.R. 5203), H7870 [19SE]

———provide for reconciliation of the concurrent resolution to reduce the public debt and to decrease the statutory debt limit (see H.R. 4601), H4120 [8JN] (see H.R. 4866), H6354 [17JY] (see H.R. 5173), H7650 [14SE]

Bureau of Reclamation: conduct feasibility studies to augment water supplies for the Klamath Project (see H.R. 4984), H7128 [26JY]

California: study best scientific method for the long-term protection of giant sequoia groves (see H.R. 4021), H1477 [28MR]

Children and youth: protect infants who are born alive (see H.R. 4292), H2655 [8MY]

Clean Air Act: methyl bromide phaseout schedule (see H.R. 4215), H3413 [18MY]

Courts: legal definition of human life relative to presence of brain wave activity and spontaneous cardiac activity (see H. Con. Res. 305), H2341 [13AP]

Credit unions: clarify definition of a member business loan relative to religious organization based credit unions (see H.R. 4701), H7128 [26JY]

Crime: provide incentives for States to enact mandatory minimum sentences for certain firearms offenses (see H.R. 4051), H1413 [27MR]

Cuba: lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 4471), H4675 [19JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: agricultural trade programs funding (see H.R. 3593), H4784 [20JN]

———allow dissemination of statistical information on olive growers and processors (see H.R. 4218), H2013 [10AP]

Dept. of Defense: submit a report to Congress on production alternatives for the Joint Strike Fighter program (see H.R. 3396), H1958 [6AP]

Dept. of the Interior: collect and maintain information on public memorials commemorating military conflicts and service of individuals in the Armed Forces (see H. Con. Res. 345), H4592 [15JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: retire publicly held debt each fiscal year (see H.R. 4505), H7212 [27JY]

Drugs: combat manufacture, traffic, import, and export of methamphetamine (see H.R. 4248), H2238 [12AP]

———penalties for operating methamphetamine laboratories and increased funding to combat methamphetamine production, trafficking, and abuse (see H.R. 2987), H1406 [23MR]

EPA: ensure changes to the rule on water quality standards total maximum daily load program are subjected to public and congressional review (see H.R. 4922), H8201 [26SE]

Families and domestic relations: grants to carry out certain activities promoting adoption counseling (see H.R. 2511), H1674 [3AP]

FCC: prohibit from establishing rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations (see H.R. 3439), H931 [13MR]

Federal employees: establish program under which current and former employees may obtain long-term care insurance (see H.R. 1111), H632 [1MR]

Federal firefighters: make mandatory separation age match requirement for Federal law enforcement officers (see H.R. 460), H90 [31JA]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: improve implementation (see H.R. 4502), H3474 [19MY]

FERC: hydroelectric projects licensing reform (see H.R. 2335), H2770 [9MY]

Fire prevention: development of a strategy by Federal land management agencies to reduce forest fuels that place natural resources at a high risk of catastrophic wildfire (see H. Con. Res. 406), H7996 [22SE]

GAO: conduct a comprehensive fraud audit of the Dept. of Education (see H.R. 4079), H1405 [23MR]

Hmong Veterans' Naturalization Act: extend applicability to certain former spouses of deceased Hmong veterans (see H.R. 5234), H7932 [20SE]

Immigration: establish a system of registries for temporary agricultural workers and streamline the procedures for the admission, and extension of stay, for nonimmigrant agricultural workers (see H.R. 4548), H7366 [7SE]

Korean War: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 86), H165 [1FE]

Matthew `Mack' Robinson Post Office Building, Pasadena, CA: designate (see H.R. 4157), H2512 [3MY]

Medicaid: provide families and disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 4825), H6052 [13JY]

Medicare: increase payment rates to Medicare+Choice organizations to correct inequities in rural and urban areas (see H.R. 5288), H8406 [27SE]

———provide more equitable payments for direct graduate medical education (see H.R. 5005), H7933 [20SE]

Merchant marine industry: tribute to service and sacrifice during periods of war (see H. Con. Res. 327), H6720 [20JY]

Monuments and memorials: prohibit extension or establishment of any national monument without an express act of Congress (see H.R. 4121), H1587 [29MR]

———require input from stakeholders, State and local governments, and the Congress prior to designation of any national monument (see H. Con. Res. 254), H510 [16FE]

National forests: return of fair and reasonable fees for use and occupancy of land under the recreation residence program (see H.R. 3327), H1163 [21MR]

National Trails System Act: require compensation of property owners when certain railbanked trails are developed for public use (see H.R. 4086), H1405 [23MR]

Navajo Code Talkers: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4527), H8736 [3OC]

New York: reintroduce the Eastern Timber Wolf to the Catskill Mountains and authorize the Dept. of the Interior to acquire lands through the BLM to facilitate the reintroduction (see H.R. 4496), H3412 [18MY]

Ohio: constitutionality of State motto (see H. Res. 494), H2967 [11MY]

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]

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

Power resources: establish and implement competitive, environmentally sound, and job creating oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (see H.R. 2250), H2340 [13AP]

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), H7128 [26JY]

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

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

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), H3474 [19MY]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds (see H.R. 1803), H1119 [16MR]

———improve the payment system for representation of claimants (see H.R. 4633), H6599 [19JY]

———include additional information in account statements (see H.R. 5028), H7871 [19SE]

———modify reporting requirements (see H.R. 3578), H2512 [3MY]

———provide for personalized retirement security through personal retirement savings accounts and increase individual control over retirement income (see H.R. 4839), H5955 [12JY]

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

———clarify that certain small businesses that use merchandise or inventory are permitted to use the cash method of accounting (see H.R. 2273), H4484 [14JN]

———clarify the child credit allowance, the personal exemptions deduction, and the earned income credit for missing children (see H.R. 5117), H7280 [6SE]

———exclude from self-employment earnings certain payments under the Conservation Reserve Program (see H.R. 4064), H2341 [13AP]

———extend filing period for credits or refunds (see H.R. 1294), H1629 [30MR] (see H.R. 4204), H1956 [6AP]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 4728), H7129 [26JY]

———increase annual limitation on nondeductible contributions and adjust for inflation the amount of deductible contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1322), H2606 [4MY]

———permit cooperatives to pay dividends on preferred stock without reducing patronage dividends (see H.R. 1914), H4035 [7JN]

———prevent evasion of excise taxes on cigarettes (see H.R. 4598), H7212 [27JY]

———provide for increased fairness to taxpayers (see H.R. 4163), H1762 [4AP]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 3916), H1852 [5AP]

———repeal increases in motor fuel taxes (see H.R. 3844), H922 [9MR]

———repeal the targeted area limitation on the expense deduction for environmental remediation costs and extend the termination date of such deduction (see H.R. 4003), H1407 [23MR]

———temporarily suspend and permanently repeal increases in motor fuel taxes (see H.R. 4776), H6471 [18JY]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 4199), H1956 [6AP]

———treatment of certain expenses of rural letter carriers relative to the business use of a personal vehicle (see H.R. 4715), H7212 [27JY]

———treatment of computers provided to employees for personal use (see H.R. 4274), H2771 [9MY]

———treatment of crops destroyed by casualty (see H.R. 4783), H5654 [29JN]

———treatment of depreciation of computers and peripheral equipment (see H.R. 1560), H5240 [27JN]

———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (see H.R. 7), H1077 [15MR]

———treatment of individual investment accounts (see H.R. 1611), H1764 [4AP]

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

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), H1762 [4AP]

Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H6599 [19JY]

Water pollution: exempt discharges from certain silviculture activities from permit requirements of the national pollutant discharge elimination system (see H.R. 3625), H1852 [5AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of the Interior: provide compensation to individuals who are injured by an escaped prescribed fire and amend certain tort procedure provisions relating to claims for such fires (see H.R. 4768), H5240 [27JN]

Social Security: protect Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms (see H.R. 3859), H756 [8MR]

Taxation: clarify that personal service corporations may continue to use the cash method of accounting (see H.R. 4383), H2605 [4MY]

———clarify the definition of contribution in aid of construction (see H.R. 4308), H2338 [13AP]

———ensure that income averaging for farmers does not increase a farmer's liability for the alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 5040), H7207 [27JY]

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

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H577 [1MR]

Remarks

Boy Scouts: repeal Federal charter (H.R. 4892), H7451 [12SE]

Budget: ensure Medicare coverage of prescription drugs prior to consideration of any tax cuts, H1982 [10AP]

———protect Social Security and provide for repayment of the Federal debt, H10068 [18OC]

———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), H7795 [19SE]

———provide for reconciliation of the concurrent resolution to reduce the public debt and to decrease the statutory debt limit (H.R. 4866), H6430 [18JY]

———provide for reconciliation of the concurrent resolution to reduce the public debt and to decrease the statutory debt limit (H.R. 5173), H7679, H7681, H7683, H7684, H7685, H7686 [18SE]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), conference report, H6614 [20JY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), H1310, H1368 [23MR]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), motion to instruct conferees, H1982 [10AP]

———treatment of any budget surpluses, H8300 [27SE], H8745 [4OC], H8815 [5OC], H9640 [11OC]

California: anniversary of statehood, H7548 [13SE]

China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), H3687 [24MY]

Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (H.R. 701), H2879 [10MY], H2927 [11MY]

Congress: accomplishments of the 106th Congress, H8300 [27SE]

Conservation and Reinvestment Act: restrict funding to incorporated cities and counties with certain population levels, H2927 [11MY]

Income: increase minimum wage and provide tax benefits for small businesses (H.R. 3081), H847 [9MR]

Pensions: reform, H7795 [19SE]

Real property: private property owner rights, H2879 [10MY]

Rural areas: impact of Federal public policy changes on economic expansion, H8604 [2OC]

Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 5), H578, H589 [1MR]

———protect Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms (H.R. 3859), H4709, H4710, H4711, H4712, H4713 [20JN]

Taxation: clarify that personal service corporations may continue to use the cash method of accounting (H.R. 4383), E646 [4MY]

———clarify the definition of contribution in aid of construction (H.R. 4308), E590 [13AP]

———eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), H143, H144, H146, H147, H148, H149 [1FE], H306 [10FE]

———ensure that income averaging for farmers does not increase a farmer's liability for the alternative minimum tax (H.R. 5040), E1393 [27JY]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), veto, H7322 [7SE]

———repeal modification of capital gains tax payments relative to small businesses sold on the installment sales method (H.R. 3594), H12098 [15DE], E94 [8FE]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H252 [8FE], H754 [8MR], H8404 [27SE]