ROEMER, TIM (a Representative from Indiana)

Amendments

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2500), H4019 [16JY], H4152 [18JY]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2620), H4542, H4543 [24JY], H4635, H4636 [25JY], H4838, H4847 [30JY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2506), H4219 [18JY], H4487 [24JY]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2360), H3864, H3865 [10JY]

Appointments

Committee on Intelligence (House, Select), H517 [1MR]

Conferee: H.R. 1, No Child Left Behind Act, H4130 [18JY]

———H.R. 2883, intelligence services appropriations, H8849 [5DE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 770), H624 [1MR]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (see H.R. 333), H224 [7FE]

Budget: use of a legislative trigger or safety mechanism to link long-term Federal budget surplus reductions with actual budgetary outcomes (see H. Con. Res. 55), H741 [7MR]

Capital punishment: ensure that defendants in capital cases have adequate counsel and allow those convicted to have a reasonable opportunity to present new evidence of innocence (see H.R. 912), H739 [7MR]

Carter, Jimmy and Rosalynn: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 399), H827 [8MR]

Dept. of Education: provide student loan forgiveness to surviving spouses of the victims of terrorist attacks (see H.R. 3163), H7217 [23OC]

District of Columbia: provide full voting representation in Congress and exempt residents from paying Federal income taxes until such voting representation takes effect (see H.R. 1193), H6137 [2OC]

Education: provide grants to develop initiatives and disseminate information about character education (see H.R. 613), H741 [7MR]

———provide student loan borrowers with a choice of lender for loan consolidation (see H.R. 3273), H8565 [28NO]

Elwood Haynes `Bud' Hillis Post Office Building, Kokomo, IN: designate (see H.R. 2043), H2848 [25MY]

Federal contracts: ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 721), H3150 [13JN]

Federal Prison Industries: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (see H.R. 1577), H2849 [25MY]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 36), H2849 [25MY]

Food Safety Administration: establish as independent agency to consolidate food safety, labeling, and inspection functions (see H.R. 1671), H1715 [1MY]

Foreign Assistance Act: improve immunization injection safety in disease control programs (see H.R. 2453), H3861 [10JY]

Gambling: expand and modernize the prohibition against interstate gambling (see H.R. 3215), H7717 [1NO]

———prohibit gambling on high school and college sports and the Olympic games (see H.R. 1110), H1011 [20MR]

Great Lakes: prohibit oil and gas drilling (see H.R. 1032), H3619 [26JN]

———prohibit oil and gas drilling and conduct a study on the environmental impact of potential future drilling (see H.R. 2167), H3150 [13JN]

Health: provide programs for the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of stroke (see H.R. 3431), H10067 [13DE]

Higher Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1162), H1112 [22MR]

Insurance: prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 602), H508 [28FE]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 536), H400 [14FE]

Lee H. Hamilton Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, New Albany, IN: designate (see H.R. 1583), H1604 [25AP]

Marine mammals: reaffirm opposition to commercial and lethal scientific whaling and provide protection for and conservation of the world's whale populations to prevent trade in whale meat (see H. Con. Res. 180), H4541 [24JY]

National 4-H Program Centennial Initiative: funding (see H.R. 1388), H2082 [9MY]

National Charter Schools Week: observance (see H. Con. Res. 95), H1558 [24AP]

National Day of Remembrance: designate (see H. Con. Res. 230), H5928 [21SE]

National Family Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 71), H1012 [20MR]

National Health Service Corps: reauthorize, amend scholarship and loan programs tax status and repayment rules, and simplify application process (see H.R. 1968), H2678 [23MY]

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. 1723), H2571 [22MY]

Office of Homeland Security: establish (see H.R. 3026), H6378 [4OC]

Outer Continental Shelf: use of oil and gas production royalties to establish a fund for outdoor conservation and recreation needs (see H.R. 701), H2022 [8MY]

Pensions: reform (see H.R. 10), H927 [14MR]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 1140), H1489 [4AP]

Robert F. Kennedy Dept. of Justice Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 2815), H5337 [2AU]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see H.R. 1644), H3806 [28JN]

Smithsonian Institution: establish National Museum of African American History and Culture (see H.R. 1718), H2890 [5JN]

Solid waste: limit receipt of out-of-State municipal solid waste (see H.R. 1213), H1490 [4AP]

Spruance, Raymond A.: promote posthumously to the grade of Fleet Admiral of the U.S. Navy (see H.R. 2492), H5592 [11SE]

Taxation: allow use of principal repayments to issue additional mortgages and modify price limitations under the mortgage revenue bond program and change income limit for housing credit program (see H.R. 951), H3466 [21JN]

———permanently extend research credit and adjust the alternative incremental credit rates (see H.R. 41), H324 [13FE]

———reduce marriage tax penalty by adjusting the income tax rate brackets, standard deduction amounts, and earned income tax credit and allow nonrefundable credits against certain tax liability (see H.R. 6), H952 [15MR]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 236), H650 [6MR]

———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 622), H393 [14FE]

Terrorism: improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (see H.R. 3310), H8336 [16NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Adams Memorial Foundation: authorize establishment of a commemorative work in the District of Columbia to honor John Adams and family (see H.R. 1668), H1715 [1MY]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: reauthorize and improve (see H.R. 345), H164 [31JA]

House of Representatives: require that excess amounts from Members' official allowances be applied to deficit reduction (see H.R. 2414), H3804 [28JN]

Lists

Supporters of H.J. Res. 50, make People's Republic of China trade relations with the U.S. contingent upon free emigration and improved human rights conditions, H4326 [19JY]

Remarks

Adams Memorial Foundation: authorize establishment of a commemorative work in the District of Columbia to honor John Adams and family (H.R. 1668), H3473 [25JN], E686 [1MY]

Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), H8298 [16NO]

Armed Forces: authorize use against those responsible for hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H.J. Res. 64), H5655 [14SE]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (H.R. 333), E274 [5MR]

Budget: revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 136), H2030 [9MY]

Buy American Act: compliance, H2606 [23MY]

China, People's Republic of: make trade relations with the U.S. contingent upon free emigration and improved human rights conditions (H.J. Res. 50), H4326 [19JY]

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1699), H2968 [7JN]

Community service: provide incentives for communities and individuals to serve the poor and others in need and enhance ability of low-income individuals to build assets (H.R. 7), H4268 [19JY]

Credit cards: limit issuance to underage consumers, E274 [5MR]

Cuba: lift travel restrictions, H4602 [25JY]

Dept. of Education: national testing standards, H2526 [22MY]

———pilot program to establish performance agreements with school districts to consolidate certain Federal funds and to allow flexibility in the use of such funds, H2539 [22MY]

———provide specific waiver authority to respond to conditions in the national emergency declared by the President (H.R. 3086), H7133, H7135 [23OC]

Dept. of HUD: clarify authority relative to use of fees under the manufactured housing program (S. 1029), H3266 [20JN]

Dept. of Labor: congressional disapproval of ergonomic regulations (S.J. Res. 6), H695 [7MR], E322 [8MR]

Dept. of State: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1646), H2096 [10MY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2217), H3424 [21JN]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2590), H4602 [25JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2500), H4152, H4153 [18JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3061), H6632 [11OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3061), conference report, H10437 [19DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3061), motion to instruct conferees, H7917 [8NO]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2620), H4838, H4847, H4848, H4849, H4851 [30JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2620), conference report, E2056 [13NO]

Education: close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), H2397, H2526, H2533, H2539 [22MY], H2590, H2604, H2606, H2625 [23MY]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), conference report, H10096 [13DE]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), consideration (H. Res. 143), H2304 [17MY]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 315), H10084 [13DE]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), motion to go to conference, H4125 [18JY]

———ensure fairness and accuracy of student standardized tests, H2604 [23MY]

———funding, H2030 [9MY], H2625 [23MY], H7917 [8NO], H10437 [19DE]

———national policy to improve system, H139 [31JA]

———require a comparison between achievement levels and State annual achievement objectives of certain student subgroups, H2533 [22MY]

———voucher program to provide school choice, H2590 [23MY]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: reauthorize and improve (H.R. 345), H139 [31JA]

Elwood Haynes `Bud' Hillis Post Office Building, Kokomo, IN: designate (H.R. 2043), H2857 [5JN]

Federal aid programs: provide for emergency unemployment compensation program and emergency health coverage assistance, H7276 [24OC]

Foreign aid: Microenterprise Loans for the Poor Program funding, H4343 [19JY], H4487, H4488 [24JY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2506), H4343 [19JY], H4487, H4488 [24JY]

Foreign policy: authorize trade and investment policy relative to sub-Saharan Africa, H8298 [16NO]

Gambling: expand and modernize the prohibition against interstate gambling (H.R. 3215), E2060 [13NO]

Gulf of Mexico: prohibit oil and gas leasing activities in certain areas, H3424 [21JN]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2883), H6390, H6401 [5OC]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2883), conference report, H9252 [12DE]

———enhance intelligence and intelligence-related activities in the prevention of terrorism, H6390 [5OC]

Lee H. Hamilton Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, New Albany, IN: designate (H.R. 1583), H5945 [24SE]

National Charter Schools Week: observance (H. Con. Res. 95), H1685, H1687 [1MY]

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: observance, E2252 [11DE]

National security: establish a commission to assess the performance of Federal agencies responsible for preparedness and prevention of terrorism and clarify membership eligibility and authorities, H6401 [5OC]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), consideration (H. Res. 188), H3985 [12JY]

Robert F. Kennedy Dept. of Justice Building, Washington, DC: designate, H4152, H4153 [18JY]

———designate (H.R. 2815), designation of primary sponsor, H8316 [16NO]

Space policy: space station program funding, H4838, H4847, H4848, H4849, H4851 [30JY], E2056 [13NO]

Taxation: phase out estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), H1448 [4AP]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), H7276 [24OC]

———rates, H632 [6MR]

———rates (H.R. 3), H798 [8MR]

———reduce marriage tax penalty by adjusting rate brackets, standard deductions, and the earned income tax credit and increase child credits (H.R. 6), H1321 [29MR]

———treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), H2294 [17MY]

Terrorism: condemn and respond to hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H.J. Res. 61), H5567 [11SE]

———tribute to relief efforts surrounding the hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, H5567 [11SE]

Treaties and agreements: extend trade negotiating and trade agreement implementing authority (H.R. 3005), H9005, H9016 [6DE]

U.N.: condition payment of U.S. arrearages on restoration of U.S. membership on the Commission on Human Rights, H2096 [10MY]

University of Notre Dame: tribute to women's basketball team, H1355 [3AP]

Votes: position on missed, H8981 [6DE], E1408 [24JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H3200 [14JN]

Tributes

Adams, Douglas M., E445 [26MR]

Sisisky, Norman, E510 [3AP]

Spann, Johnny M. (Mike), H9252 [12DE]