MILLER, GARY G. (a Representative from California)
Amendments
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), H3281 [17MY]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), H3929 [6JN], H4267 [13JN]
Foreign policy: reduce, suspend, or terminate certain assistance to countries engaged in oil price fixing to the detriment of the U.S. economy (H.R. 3822), H1167 [21MR], H1235 [22MR]
Housing: expand homeownership (H.R. 1776), H1936 [6AP]
Appointments
Bruce F. Vento funeral attendees, H9861 [12OC]
Julian C. Dixon funeral attendees, H12081 [13DE]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 3660), H632 [1MR]
American Folklife Center: collect video and audio recordings of personal histories and testimonials of U.S. war veterans (see H.R. 5212), H7870 [19SE]
Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 2966), H48 [27JA]
Aviation: prohibit employment of certain individuals in positions affecting air transportation security (see H.R. 4529), H3812 [24MY]
Boy Scouts: prohibit use of Federal funds to discriminate against the Boy Scouts of America on the basis of organizational, associational, or constitutional beliefs (see H.R. 5306), H8200 [26SE]
———tribute (see H. Con. Res. 384), H7503 [12SE]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced budget and greater accountability in the enactment of tax legislation (see H.J. Res. 53), H2341 [13AP]
———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 and to decrease the statutory debt limit (see H.R. 4601), H4220 [12JN] (see H.R. 5173), H7650 [14SE]
Capital punishment: prohibit the execution of pregnant women (see H.R. 4888), H6778 [24JY]
CERCLA: exempt small businesses from certain liability (see H.R. 5175), H8062 [25SE]
Children and youth: improve academic and social outcomes for students by providing productive activities during after-school hours (see H.R. 3235), H1764 [4AP]
———protect infants who are born alive (see H.R. 4292), H5955 [12JY]
China, Republic of: elections (see H. Con. Res. 272), H1120 [16MR]
———U.N. participation (see H. Con. Res. 390), H7578 [13SE]
Clinton, President: address issues of neighborhood crime prevention, community policing and reduction of school crime (see H. Res. 561), H7003 [25JY]
Cole (U.S.S.): terrorist attack on Navy destroyer in Yemen (see H. Con. Res. 441), H12022 [6DE]
Computers: regulate the transmission of unsolicited commercial electronic mail (see H.R. 3113), H1163 [21MR]
Courts: legal definition of human life relative to presence of brain wave activity and spontaneous cardiac activity (see H. Con. Res. 305), H3474 [19MY]
Credit unions: clarify definition of a member business loan relative to religious organization based credit unions (see H.R. 4701), H7128 [26JY]
Crime: improve information on, and protections against, child sexual abuse (see H.R. 2382), H209 [2FE]
———life imprisonment for repeat offenders who commit sex offenses against children (see H.R. 4047), H1163 [21MR]
———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]
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 Transportation: prohibit action to finalize, implement, or enforce a rule relative to the hours of service of drivers for motor carriers (see H.R. 4511), H3474 [19MY]
Diamond Valley Lake: establish interpretive center and museum to ensure protection and interpretation of paleontology discoveries and develop a trail system for the lake (see H.R. 4187), H1851 [5AP]
Diseases: increase public awareness of tuberous sclerosis (see H. Con. Res. 337), H11446 [27OC]
Drugs: combat manufacture, traffic, import, and export of methamphetamine (see H.R. 4248), H2238 [12AP]
———facilitate environmental cleanup caused by the manufacture of methamphetamines and impose new monetary fines for the manufacture and trafficking of methamphetamines (see H.R. 5589), H11445 [27OC]
Education: assist local educational agencies in financing and establishing alternative education systems (see H.R. 3873), H2341 [13AP]
———support teachers (see H. Res. 492), H2771 [9MY]
———tribute to home educators and home schooled students (see H. Res. 578), H7651 [14SE]
Education for All Handicapped Children Act: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 399), H7577 [13SE]
Egypt: limit assistance under the Foreign Military Financing Program (see H.R. 4233), H2512 [3MY]
FDA: establish restrictions relative to the qualifications of physicians prescribing the abortion drug known as RU-486 (see H.R. 5385), H9635 [10OC]
Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: coverage of acupuncturist services (see H.R. 1890), H90 [31JA]
Federal Water Pollution Control Act: improve implementation (see H.R. 4502), H7503 [12SE]
Food Quality Protection Act: establish certain requirements (see H.R. 1592), H3309 [17MY]
Foreign policy: defend fundamental human rights to family, conscience, and life in international negotiations (see H. Res. 521), H4485 [14JN]
Friedman, Milton: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4672), H8200 [26SE]
GAO: require report to Congress on agency regulatory actions (see H.R. 3669), H4592 [15JN]
George E. Brown, Jr., U.S. Courthouse, Riverside, CA: designate (see H.R. 5110), H9505 [6OC]
Housing: expand protections for especially vulnerable consumers against abusive mortgage lending practices and streamline the framework regulating mortgage originations (see H.R. 4213), H2412 [2MY]
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), H7652 [14SE]
———Federal reimbursement for indirect costs of incarcerating illegal aliens and for emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens (see H.R. 4282), H4036 [7JN]
``In God We Trust'': support national motto (see H. Res. 551), H6355 [17JY]
Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (see H.R. 2420), H1285 [22MR]
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]
Law enforcement: authorize appropriations for the prosecution of obscenity cases (see H.R. 4710), H6355 [17JY]
Lumber industry: promote open and competitive trade of softwood lumber between the U.S. and Canada (see H. Con. Res. 252), H2967 [11MY]
Matthew `Mack' Robinson Post Office Building, Pasadena, CA: designate (see H.R. 4157), H5036 [22JN]
Medicaid: exempt disabled individuals from being required to enroll with a managed care entity (see H.R. 797), H4591 [15JN]
Medicare: coverage of acupuncturist services (see H.R. 1890), H90 [31JA]
———improve review procedures (see H.R. 2356), H7002 [25JY]
———improve the manner in which new medical technologies are made available to beneficiaries (see H.R. 4395), H6777 [24JY]
———provide more equitable payments for direct graduate medical education (see H.R. 5005), H7992 [21SE]
Middle East: condemn current level of violence between Israelis and Palestinians (see H. Con. Res. 426), H10473 [19OC]
———prohibit U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority if a Palestinian state is declared unilaterally (see H.R. 4976), H7578 [13SE]
Montgomery, G.V. (Sonny): name an honorary room in the House of Representatives wing of the Capitol (see H. Res. 491), H3050 [15MY]
National Apprenticeship Act: ensure that applications relating to apprenticeship programs are processed in a fair and timely manner (see H.R. 4781), H5435 [28JN]
National Law Enforcement Museum: establish (see H.R. 2710), H7281 [6SE]
NLRB: inflation adjustments to the mandatory jurisdiction thresholds (see H.R. 1620), H1674 [3AP]
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]
———support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 259), H4485 [14JN]
Panama Canal: negotiate renewed presence of U.S. Armed Forces and review contract bidding process for lease of port facilities by People's Republic of China (see H. Con. Res. 186), H511 [16FE]
Pope John Paul II: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3544), H3049 [15MY]
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 debt: allow individuals to designate a portion of their income tax return for deficit reduction (see H.R. 5349), H8551 [29SE]
Public Health Service: permit family planning projects to offer adoption services (see H.R. 2485), H2512 [3MY]
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]
Social Security: include additional information in account statements (see H.R. 5028), H7207 [27JY]
Taxation: allow credit for elementary and secondary school teachers who provide classroom materials (see H.R. 4025), H1119 [16MR]
———allow small business employers a credit for certain expenses for long-term training of employees in highly skilled small business trades (see H.R. 1824), H1629 [30MR]
———constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (see H.J. Res. 94), H1957 [6AP]
———cost-of-living adjustment for unified estate and gift tax credit (see H.R. 2349), H1163 [21MR]
———extend filing period for credits or refunds (see H.R. 4204), H3649 [23MY]
———increase gift tax exclusion (see H.R. 927), H1284 [22MR]
———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see H.R. 3252), H255 [8FE]
———remove mandatory withdrawal requirements for individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 252), H2512 [3MY]
———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 3916), H997 [14MR]
———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 4199), H1956 [6AP]
———treatment of computers provided to employees for personal use (see H.R. 4274), H3413 [18MY]
———treatment of information technology job training expenses (see H.R. 5004), H8201 [26SE]
———treatment of tax-exempt bond financing of certain electrical output facilities (see H.R. 721), H90 [31JA]
Telecommunications: State and local government regulation of citizens band radio equipment (see H.R. 2346), H7002 [25JY]
Turkey: claim of sovereignty over islands and islets in the Aegean Sea (see H. Con. Res. 340), H5956 [12JY]
21st Century Community Learning Centers Act: expand after-school activities and services (see H.R. 5227), H7932 [20SE]
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]
Vietnam Veterans Memorial: authorize design and construction of a temporary education center (see H.R. 5268), H9011 [5OC]
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), H12045 [7DE]
Water pollution: exempt discharges from certain silviculture activities from permit requirements of the national pollutant discharge elimination system (see H.R. 3625), H3173 [16MY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Dept. of the Interior: participate in Inland Empire regional water recycling and Lower Chino Dairy Area desalination demonstration and reclamation projects and aid construction of California regional brine lines (see H.R. 4531), H3812 [24MY]
House of Representatives: allow en bloc offsetting amendments to appropriation bills in order to reduce spending and the public debt (see H.R. 5580), H11206 [26OC]
Letters
Death Tax Elimination Act: Todd M. Kolber, H4156 [9JN]
Estate taxes: Todd M. Kolber, H1313 [23MR]
Remarks
American Trucking Associations, Inc.: tribute for contribution to the Toys for Tots Foundation, E2130
Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 122), H11724 [1NO]
Budget: provide for reconciliation of the concurrent resolution to reduce the public debt and to decrease the statutory debt limit (H.R. 4601), E1098
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), H1312, H1369 [23MR]
California: anniversary of statehood, H7558
CERCLA: reauthorize and reform Superfund program and promote brownfields redevelopment, H5174 [27JN]
Children and youth: collection and dissemination of statistics on the number of newborn babies abandoned in public places (H. Res. 465), H2024 [11AP]
Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (H.R. 701), H2836 [10MY]
Computers: protection from unsolicited and unwanted e-mail, H3057 [16MY]
———regulate the transmission of unsolicited commercial electronic mail (H.R. 3113), H6373 [18JY]
Courts: clarification of jurisdiction over private property takings and land use disputes (H.R. 2372), H1091 [16MR]
Dept. of Energy: report on all possible means to increase domestic oil production without harming the environment, H1235, H1236 [22MR]
Dept. of HUD: establish consensus committee for development, revision, and interpretation of safety standards for manufactured home construction (S. 1452), H10689
———modify eligibility requirements for Public and Assisted Housing Drug Elimination Program grants, H1936, H1937 [6AP]
Dept. of Justice: prosecution for distribution of illegal pornography, H1769 [5AP]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), H4267, H4268 [13JN], H11724 [1NO]
Diamond Bar, CA: Carl H. Lorbeer Middle School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1019
Eaton, Matt: Montclair, CA, Chamber of Commerce Annual Achievement Award recipient, E1374
Education: national policy to improve system, H10817 [25OC]
Elledge, Robert E.: Purple Heart award recipient, H1682 [4AP], E495
FAA: reauthorizing programs (H.R. 1000), conference report, H1019 [15MR]
Fondario, Gabe: Montclair, CA, Fire Dept. Employee of the Year award recipient, E26
Foreign policy: reduce, suspend, or terminate certain assistance to countries engaged in oil price fixing to the detriment of the U.S. economy (H.R. 3822), H1235, H1236 [22MR]
Germany: anniversary of reunification, E1666
Housing: expand homeownership (H.R. 1776), H1936, H1937 [6AP]
Income: increase minimum wage and provide tax benefits for small businesses (H.R. 3081), H863 [9MR]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4055), H2414 [3MY]
———funding through reductions in Ready-to-Learn television program, H4267, H4268 [13JN]
Jackson, Steve: Montclair, CA, Fire Department Employee of the Year award recipient, E28
Joseph Ileto Post Office, Chino Hills, CA: designate (H.R. 3189), E89
Montclair, CA: tribute to Por La Vida Program, E619
National security: military readiness of U.S. forces, H2660 [9MY]
Olympic games: tribute to California's 41st Congressional District participants, E1457
Political ethics: truthfulness in Presidential campaigns, H8815 [5OC]
San Bernardino County, CA: anniversary of Inland Empire Utilities Agency, E2024
San Gabriel, CA: funding and implementation of a long-term solution to groundwater contamination and water supply problems (H.R. 910), H1425
Taxation: extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 3709), H2797 [10MY]
———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), H4156 [9JN]
———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), veto, H7333
———provide incentives for renewal of distressed communities and empowerment zone development, increase the number of empowerment zones, and encourage investment in new markets (H.R. 4923), H6838
———rates, H1312 [23MR]
United Parcel Service of America, Inc.: Forbes (publication) Company of the Year Award recipient, E26
Upland, CA: tribute to Public Housing Authority for administration of Section 8 Public Housing Program, H6605 [20JY]
———tribute to Upland Christian School, E1203
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), H2667
Votes: position on missed, E210
World War II: tribute to Armed Forces personnel killed in aviation accident in Queensland, Austrialia, E1183
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H553 [29FE]
Tributes
Anderson, Arnold D., E647
Brairton, Cary J., E1377
Cruse, Stanley M., E875
Cruz, Mario, E1240
Dae Woong Chung, E1626
Decker, David C., E1870
Fuller, Jeffrey, E148
Grams, Al, E1017
Krpan, Donald J., E1320
Lewis, Goldy S., E1273
Loney, Robert, E1428
McPherson, Donna, E2065
Poole, Susan E., E2067
Rose, Brian, E1378
Snyder, Robert, E1164
Stumpf, Liz, E1406
Sullivan, Kevin, E1077
Thalman, Kristine, E310
Warhurst, Donelda, E1406
Whitney, George, E498
Woods, Mel, E29