WILSON, HEATHER (a Representative from New Mexico)

Amendments

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), H4338 [13JN], H4577 [15JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), H4286 [13JN]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4392, intelligence services appropriations, H8766 [4OC]

Articles and editorials

Dual Edged Sword of Medicare Reimbursement—The Medicare Provider and Health Maintenance Organization Perspective, Bob Badal, E2041-E2043 [31OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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. 3573), H255 [8FE]

Boy Scouts: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 384), H7503 [12SE]

Commission To Study the Structure and Reauthorization of the FCC: establish (see H.R. 5570), H11206 [26OC]

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]

Crime: provide incentives for States to enact mandatory minimum sentences for certain firearms offenses (see H.R. 4051), H1407 [23MR]

Dept. of Defense: equitable retirement for military reserve technicians covered under FERS or CSRS (see H.R. 1079), H632 [1MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: assist claimants for benefits in developing claims and clarify the burden of proof for such claims (see H.R. 3193), H5169 [26JN]

———make pay adjustments for nurses and certain other health-care professionals in the same manner as Federal employees and allow locality pay adjustments for those employees (see H.R. 1216), H632 [1MR]

Diseases: international tuberculosis control (see H.R. 4057), H1284 [22MR]

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

———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]

Election Administration Commission: establish (see H.R. 5674), H12531 [15DE]

Electric power: interconnect distributed generation facilities with local electric distribution systems (see H.R. 5457), H9899 [12OC]

Families and domestic relations: issue special postage stamps to fund domestic violence programs (see H.R. 4659), H5657 [29JN]

FCC: clarify service obligations of noncommercial educational broadcast stations (see H.R. 4201), H2771 [9MY]

———prohibit from establishing rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations (see H.R. 3439), H48 [27JA]

Federal employees: allow agencies to reimburse for certain adoption expenses (see H.R. 2733), H7502 [12SE]

FEMA: make grants to fire departments to improve public safety against fire and fire-related hazards (see H.R. 1168), H757 [8MR]

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]

Firefighters: authorize equal overtime pay for all Federal employees engaged in wildfire suppression operations (see H.R. 2814), H1413 [27MR]

Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (see H.R. 1304), H373 [14FE]

———provide programs for the treatment of mental illness (see H.R. 5091), H7209 [27JY]

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

Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H7502 [12SE]

Medicaid: provide families and disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 4825), H7503 [12SE]

Medicare: coverage of chiropractic services under Medicare+Choice program (see H. Con. Res. 62), H2341 [13AP]

———designate certain diabetes educators as certified providers for purposes of outpatient diabetes education services (see H.R. 3003), H8200 [26SE]

———expand coverage of certain self-injected biologicals (see H.R. 2892), H1477 [28MR]

———reimbursement for chiropractic services (see H.R. 1046), H165 [1FE]

———use of additional projected surplus funds to supplement funding previously reduced under the Balanced Budget Act (see H. Res. 535), H5240 [27JN]

Motor vehicles: improve safety of car seats for children (see H.R. 4145), H1628 [30MR]

———require reports relative to defects in foreign products (see H.R. 5164), H7577 [13SE]

National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific: add certain identifying information to markers on graves containing the remains of certain unknowns who died in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor (see H.R. 3806), H4784 [20JN]

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

Olympic games: mint commemorative coins to support the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games and U.S. Olympic Committee programs (see H.R. 3679), H7365 [7SE]

Pope, Edmond: demand release from Russian prison for humanitarian reasons (see H. Con. Res. 364), H5956 [12JY] (see H. Con. Res. 404), H7871 [19SE]

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

Santa Fe, NM: authorize expansion of the Palace of the Governors Hispanic and Native American history museum (see H.R. 4126), H1588 [29MR]

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), H4174 [9JN]

Social Security: computation system for benefits relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 1217), H454 [15FE]

———make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act (see H.R. 5291), H8199 [26SE]

Taxation: encourage stronger mathematics and science programs at elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 4273), H2336 [13AP]

———prohibit the imposition of access fees on Internet service providers (see H.R. 1291), H2411 [2MY]

———restore deductions for expenses relative to services performed by military reservists (see H.R. 4328), H3869 [25MY]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 4199), H2239 [12AP]

———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 531), H7365 [7SE]

———treatment of computers provided to employees for personal use (see H.R. 4274), H2336 [13AP]

———treatment of contributions of computers to schools and public libraries (see H.R. 2308), H7281 [6SE]

Water pollution: exempt discharges from certain silviculture activities from permit requirements of the national pollutant discharge elimination system (see H.R. 3625), H3523 [22MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Children and youth: encourage communities to implement the Amber Plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (see H. Res. 605), H8617 [2OC]

Education: make scholarships available to certain exceptional individuals to encourage them to pursue teaching careers or to improve their teaching skills (see H.R. 4486), H3308 [17MY]

Los Alamos, NM: encourage the Federal Government to assume responsibility for wildfire and commend individuals assisting those affected by the fire (see H. Con. Res. 326), H3049 [15MY]

Roads and highways: issue commemorative postage stamp honoring anniversary of commissioning of U.S. Route 66 (see H. Res. 436), H757 [8MR]

Schools: guarantee payment of loans made by lending institutions for public charter school capital projects (see H.R. 4032), H1119 [16MR]

Securities: improve delivery systems for dividends, interest, and other valuable property rights to lost security holders (see H.R. 3997), H1077 [15MR]

Social Security: provide equitable payments to providers of services under the Medicare Program and provide coverage of additional children under the Medicaid Program (see H.R. 5001), H7206 [27JY]

Lists

Congressional Certificate of Merit award recipients from New Mexico's First Congressional District, E1296 [21JY]

Remarks

AID: international tuberculosis control funding through reductions in the Asian Development Fund, H5940 [12JY]

Albuquerque, NM: Marshall Floyd Award recipients for excellence in teaching, E995 [14JN]

———tribute to Governor Bent Elementary School for recognition by the Fordham Foundation, E1011 [14JN]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations, H5603 [29JN]

Boys and Girls Clubs of America: funding through reductions in truth-in-sentencing prison construction grants, H5011 [22JN]

Budget: allocation of funds, H1066, H1067 [15MR]

Children and youth: encourage communities to implement the Amber Plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (H. Res. 605), H10634 [24OC]

Computers: regulate the transmission of unsolicited commercial electronic mail (H.R. 3113), H6369, H6371, H6373 [18JY]

Congressional Certificate of Merit: award recipients from New Mexico's First Congressional District, E1296 [21JY]

Crime: provide incentives for States to enact mandatory minimum sentences for certain firearms offenses (H.R. 4051), H2030 [11AP]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 4425), conference report, H5603 [29JN]

Dept. of Education: 21st Century Teacher Scholarships Act funding through reductions in OSHA, H4286, H4287 [13JN]

Dept. of HHS: Medicare+Choice organizations funding, H5423 [28JN]

Dept. of the Interior: authorize compensation for damages arising from the prescribed burn on the Bandelier National Monument, H5603 [29JN]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), H4577 [15JN]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4690), H5011, H5012 [22JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), H4286, H4287 [13JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4577), motion to instruct conferees, H11503 [29OC]

Drugs: drug court funding through reductions in truth-in-sentencing prison construction grants, H5011 [22JN]

Education: national policy to improve system, H1067 [15MR]

———tribute to Catholic schools (H. Res. 409), H99 [1FE]

FCC: prohibit from establishing rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations (H.R. 3439), H2304 [13AP]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4811), H5940 [12JY]

Hsi, Andrew: American Association of Medical Colleges Humanism in Medicine Award recipient, E998 [14JN]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: funding, H1066 [15MR]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4392), H3500 [22MY], H9858 [12OC]

———public disclosure of expenditures for the preceding year, H3500 [22MY]

LaCour, Elwar, Jr. (Ruben): U.S. Achievement Academy National Mathematics Award recipient, E997 [14JN]

Los Alamos, NM: encourage the Federal Government to assume responsibility for wildfire and commend individuals assisting those affected by the fire (H. Con. Res. 326), H3063, H3065 [16MY]

Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, H498, H500 [16FE]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (H.R. 4770), H5426 [28JN]

———provide for equitable reimbursement rates to Medicare+Choice organizations, E2041 [31OC]

———require HMO's participating in the Medicare+Choice program to commit to 3-year contracts, H11503 [29OC]

———use of additional projected surplus funds to supplement funding previously reduced under the Balanced Budget Act (H. Res. 535), H5423, H5426 [28JN]

Milford, Nadine: American Mothers, Inc., honoree, E714 [11MY]

National forests: prohibit funding to conduct prescribed burns on Federal lands without tribal, State, and local government notification, H4577 [15JN]

Public lands: acquire Valles Caldera lands in New Mexico, establish a trust to manage such lands, and reform the Federal land management process (S. 1892), H5804, H5805 [11JY]

Republican Party: national agenda, H1066, H1067 [15MR]

SBA: improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), conference report, E2041 [31OC]

Social Security: make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act, E2041 [31OC]

Taxation: treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R. 7), H1455, H1457, H1458, H1459, H1460, H1461 [28MR]

Votes: position on missed, E2087 [13NO], E2110 [4DE]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H2647 [8MY], H3047 [15MY]

Special order: granted, H7200 [27JY], H10469 [19OC]

Tributes

Audini, Armand, E1446 [13SE]

Floyd, Marshall, E995 [14JN]

Hamilton, Jamie R., E999 [14JN]

Knipfing, Dick, E839 [25MY]

Perea, Isaiah (Thunder Boy), E708 [11MY]

Schroth, Claudia, E1002 [14JN]

Vasquez, Erica, E996 [14JN]