STENHOLM, CHARLES W. (a Representative from Texas)

Amendments

Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), H6161 [2OC], H6225, H6227, H6228 [3OC]

Budget: revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), H1229 [28MR]

Appointments

Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, H1944 [8MY]

Articles and editorials

Pieces of the Past, Fort Chadbourne Preservation Work Is Couple's Mission, Preston Lewis, Dallas (TX) Morning News, E1299 [11JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: continue certain programs (see H.R. 2646), H4723 [26JY]

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. 914), H4428 [23JY]

Armed Forces: improve Montgomery GI Bill benefits by improving and expanding educational assistance programs (see H.R. 320), H162 [31JA] (see H.R. 2020), H3806 [28JN]

———provide for a Korea Defense Service Medal to be issued to members who participated in Korea after the Korean War (see H.R. 1935), H2570 [22MY]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds vote to pass legislation that would result in a deficit (see H.J. Res. 53), H3357 [20JN]

———encourage fiscal responsibility by using agreed-upon surplus, tax, and spending figures (see H. Con. Res. 19), H166 [31JA]

———make process more transparent (see H.R. 1257), H1189 [27MR]

———require three-fifths majority vote to waive point of order against considering spending or revenue legislation before a concurrent resolution is in place (see H.R. 1369), H1409 [3AP]

———use budget surpluses attributable to the Dept. of Defense Military Retirement Fund for military retirement and survivor benefit programs (see H. Res. 23), H254 [8FE]

Business and industry: establish a statute of repose for durable goods (see H.R. 940), H2571 [22MY]

Cesar E. Chavez Post Office Building, Dallas, TX: designate (see H.R. 1715), H2680 [23MY]

Children and youth: protect infants who are born alive (see H.R. 2175), H4014 [16JY]

———provide for a national media campaign to reduce and prevent underage drinking (see H.R. 1509), H5406 [5SE]

China, Republic of: participation in WHO (see H.R. 428), H741 [7MR]

Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to passengers and crew of United Airlines flight 93 in the aftermath of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 2917), H8843 [4DE]

Courts: expand Federal diversity jurisdiction to allow consideration of certain interstate class actions and provide additional protections to plaintiff class members (see H.R. 2341), H3712 [27JN]

Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 476), H508 [28FE]

———protect unborn victims of violence (see H.R. 503), H444 [27FE]

Davis-Bacon Act: waive requirements relative to contracts for school and library construction and repair (see H.R. 331), H1717 [1MY]

Dept. of Education: make grants to educational organizations for Holocaust educational programs (see H.R. 477), H221 [7FE]

Dept. of Energy: University Nuclear Science and Engineering Programs funding (see H.R. 2126), H5340 [2AU]

Dept. of HHS: establish an Office on Men's Health (see H.R. 632), H394 [14FE]

———provide grants to communities to strengthen the effectiveness, efficiency, and coordination of services for the uninsured and underinsured (see H.R. 504), H222 [7FE]

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. 1008), H876 [13MR]

———require consideration of sulfur or carbon emissions reductions and make renewable fuel projects eligible under the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program (see H.R. 2088), H2955 [6JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: enhance outreach programs to more fully inform surviving spouses and dependents of available benefits and provide dedicated staff to assist in obtaining those benefits (see H.R. 336), H624 [1MR]

District of Columbia: establish a memorial to the victims of terrorist attacks on the U.S. (see H.R. 2982), H6135 [2OC]

Drugs: distribution chain of prescription drugs (see H.R. 68), H1556 [24AP]

Education: establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (see H.R. 100, 101), H443 [27FE]

———improve and refocus civic education (see H.R. 611), H4352 [19JY]

———provide for a rural education development initiative (see H.R. 1096), H1010 [20MR]

———provide safer schools and a better educational environment (see H.R. 1103), H1010 [20MR]

Eldon B. Mahon U.S. Courthouse, Fort Worth, TX: designate (see H.R. 1801), H2388 [21MY]

Election Administration Commission: establish (see H.R. 775), H505 [28FE]

Employment: minimum wage and overtime exemptions for certain employees (see H.R. 2070), H3713 [27JN]

———provide compensatory time for all employees (see H.R. 1982), H2709 [24MY]

EPA: increase communication and cooperation with small communities relative to environmental regulations (see H.R. 187), H955 [15MR]

FDIC: provide coverage for municipal deposits (see H.R. 1899), H4009 [12JY]

Federal Deposit Insurance Act: require periodic cost-of-living adjustments to the maximum amount of deposit insurance available (see H.R. 746), H441 [27FE]

Financial institutions: allow payment of Financing Corporation interest obligations from excess deposit insurance fund reserves (see H.R. 557), H1190 [27MR]

———encourage a strong community-based banking system (see H.R. 1220), H1661 [26AP]

———ensure continued stability of the Federal deposit insurance system (see H.R. 1293), H2023 [8MY]

———prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities (see H.R. 3424), H10356 [18DE]

Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see H.R. 123), H4009 [12JY]

———protect manufacturers and sellers in the firearms and ammunition industry from restrictions on interstate or foreign commerce (see H.R. 2037), H2847 [25MY]

———protect right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 1460), H4014 [16JY]

Fish and fishing: establish a fisheries habitat protection, restoration, and enhancement program (see H.R. 325), H162 [31JA]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 36), H876 [13MR]

———encourage displaying of the flag in response to hijacking and crashing of aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H. Con. Res. 225), H5616 [13SE]

Gambling: expand and modernize the prohibition against interstate gambling (see H.R. 3215), H8564 [28NO]

———prohibit gambling on high school and college sports and the Olympic games (see H.R. 1110), H2184 [15MY]

``God Bless America'': designate as the national hymn of the U.S. (see H.R. 3051), H6421 [5OC]

Government: enhance citizen access to information and services through use of Internet-based information technology (see H.R. 2458), H3959 [11JY]

Health: emphasize the importance of organ, tissue, bone marrow, and blood donation, and support National Donor Day (see H. Con. Res. 31), H624 [1MR]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 526), H252 [8FE] (see H.R. 2563), H4351 [19JY]

———provide programs for the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of stroke (see H.R. 3431), H9077 [6DE]

Health care professionals: alleviate nursing profession shortage by inproving educational programs and partnerships and supporting additional training (see H.R. 1436), H1484 (see H.R. 1436), H1493 [4AP]

Higgins, Andrew Jackson: posthumous awarding of Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2078), H3204 [14JN]

Higgins Industries: award Congressional Gold Medal to World War II-era employees (see H.R. 2078), H3204 [14JN]

Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge: designate the Richard J. Guadagno Headquarters and Visitors Center (see H.R. 3334), H8337 [16NO]

Immigration: ensure that aliens studying in the U.S. comply with the terms and conditions applicable to such study (see H.R. 3515), H10355 [18DE]

Insurance: prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 602), H324 [13FE]

Investments: establish individual development accounts for certain individuals and families (see H.R. 2160), H3149 [13JN]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 1109), H3806 [28JN]

Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H443 [27FE]

Medicaid: increase Federal medical assistance percentage to help States finance increases in enrollment (see H.R. 3414), H8948 [5DE]

Medicare: provide guidance to health care providers attempting to properly submit claims and target truly fraudulent activity for enforcement of billing regulations rather than inadvertent errors (see H.R. 868), H648 [6MR]

———provide regulatory relief and contracting flexibility (see H.R. 2768), H7718 [1NO] (see H.R. 3391), H8842 [4DE]

———specify the update for physician fee schedule payments (see H.R. 3318), H8732 [29NO]

———specify the update for physician fee schedule payments and conduct a study on replacing the use of the sustainable growth rate as a factor in such update (see H.R. 3351), H8843 [4DE]

———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 1609), H2571 [22MY]

Minimum wage: provide an exemption to States which adopt certain minimum wage laws (see H.R. 1441), H1484 (see H.R. 1441), H1494 [4AP]

Motor vehicles: provide for greater fairness in the motor vehicle franchise contract arbitration process (see H.R. 1296), H2680 [23MY]

Music and dance: designate the square dance as the national folk dance of the U.S. (see H.J. Res. 15), H5705 [14SE]

National Day of Appreciation for Emergency Response and Rescue Workers: designate (see H. Res. 259), H10067 [13DE]

National Fallen Firefighters Memorial: commemorate fallen firefighters by lowering the U.S. flag to half-staff during the memorial service in Emmitsburg, MD (see H.J. Res. 42), H1345 [29MR]

National 4-H Council: centennial of 4-H Youth Development Program (see H. Res. 112), H1409 [3AP]

National Guard: end the prohibition against overtime pay for military technicians (see H.R. 512), H1410 [3AP]

———provide more equitable civil service retirement and retention provisions for technicians (see H.R. 513), H223 [7FE]

National Health Service Corps: include tertiary-care nurses (see H.R. 2594), H4428 [23JY]

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

National Importance of Health Care Coverage Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 271), H8248 [15NO]

Norman Sisisky Post Office Building, Petersburg, VA: designate (see H.R. 2910), H5925 [21SE]

Nuclear energy: ensure continued contribution to the U.S. electricity supply (see H.R. 1679), H1860 [2MY]

OMB: establish a Federal Chief Information Officer (see H.R. 2458), H3959 [11JY]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 380), H165 [31JA]

Power resources: ensure energy self-sufficiency of the U.S. and promote environmental quality through use of renewable fuels (see H.R. 2423), H4863 [30JY]

———establish and implement competitive, environmentally sound, and job creating oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (see H.R. 39), H1488 [4AP]

———increase funding for low-income energy assistance, weatherization, and State energy conservation grant programs and expand the use of energy savings performance contracts (see H.R. 683), H444 [27FE]

Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor: award to officers killed, injured, or involved in rescue efforts in the aftermath of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H. Con. Res. 243), H6379 [4OC]

R.A. Bloch Cancer Foundation, Inc.: tribute (see H. Res. 35), H254 [8FE]

Radio: ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio operators (see H.R. 817), H1190 [27MR]

Real property: preserve Federal sovereignty of certain public lands and preserve certain State and private property rights (see H.R. 883), H7910 [7NO]

Rural areas: improve access to telecommunications and Internet services (see H.R. 2669), H4779 [27JY]

———promote and improve access to health care services (see H.R. 2157), H3149 [13JN]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see H.R. 1644), H2148 [14MY]

Seguin, Juan N.: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Res. 186), H3805 [28JN]

Social Security: allow diversion of percentage of payroll tax payments into personal investment plans and extend the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program (see H.R. 2771), H5335 [2AU]

———include additional information in account statements (see H.R. 634), H394 [14FE]

———protect Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms (see H.R. 560), H322 [13FE]

States: identify certain routes as part of the Ports-to-Plains High Priority Corridor (see H.R. 3522), H10908 [19DE]

Taxation: encourage stronger mathematics and science programs at elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 102), H443 [27FE]

———enhance domestic oil and gas production (see H.R. 805), H507 [28FE]

———exempt State and local political committees from certain notification and reporting requirements applicable to political organizations (see H.R. 1676), H1860 [2MY]

———extend tax credit for production of fuel from a nonconventional source (see H.R. 794), H506 [28FE]

———extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind (see H.R. 876), H1557 [24AP]

———provide additional retirement savings opportunities for small employers and self-employed individuals (see H.R. 738), H441 [27FE]

———provide for nonrecognition of gain on dispositions of dairy property which is certified as having been covered by a bovine tuberculosis eradication program agreement (see H.R. 1933), H2569 [22MY]

———provide incentives to encourage small business health plans (see H.R. 2082), H2955 [6JN]

Terrorism: encourage support of Armed Forces and civilian personnel engaged in the war on terrorism (see H. Res. 284), H7959 [8NO]

———issue commemorative postage stamp to assist families of victims of attacks at the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 2907), H5925 [21SE]

———tribute to passengers and crew of United Airlines flight 93 in the aftermath of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H. Con. Res. 232), H6057 [25SE]

Transportation: provide assistance for the construction of certain air traffic control towers (see H.R. 1979), H6056 [25SE]

Veterans: allow certain veterans with service-connected disabilities to travel on military aircraft (see H.R. 440), H1190 [27MR]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: authorize design and construction of a temporary education center (see H.R. 510), H650 [6MR]

Voting: establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (see H.R. 3295), H8565 [28NO]

———establish a program to provide funds to State and local governments to replace punch card voting systems (see H.R. 775), H505 [28FE]

World War II: preserve certain Federal court actions relative to Japanese companies compensating former prisoners of war used as slave labor (see H.R. 1198), H6919 [16OC]

Letters

Response to the continuing economic crisis adversely affecting agricultural producers: by, S8406 [31JY]

Motions

Taxation: rates (H.R. 3), H807 [8MR]

Remarks

Agriculture: allow peanut producers to obtain marketing assistance loans and loan deficiency payments through an approved marketing association of peanut producers or the Farm Service Agency, H6225 [3OC]

———comply with certain foreign trade agreements by limiting marketing gain loans and deficiency payments to certain producers, H6344 [4OC]

———conservation programs funding, H6310, H6311, H6321 [4OC]

———consideration of Class I milk price differentials in calculating price supports for dairy products, H6364 [4OC]

———continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), H6170, H6185, H6225, H6228, H6229, H6233 [3OC], H6270, H6275, H6276, H6278, H6311, H6321, H6327, H6340, H6344, H6345, H6350, H6351, H6355, H6364, H6368, H6371, H6374 [4OC]

———continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), consideration (H. Res. 248), H6169 [3OC]

———establish a flexible fallow program under which farmers can devote a portion of acreage to conservation use and receive a higher loan rate on their remaining crop production, H6278 [4OC]

———funding, H1164 [27MR], H1250 [28MR]

———limit price support payments to producers, H6233 [3OC]

———price supports for dairy products, H6364 [4OC]

———price supports for sugar, H6340 [4OC]

———price supports for wool and mohair, H3914, H3915 [11JY]

———prohibit transfer or marketing of nonambulatory livestock, H6368 [4OC]

———provide for accreditation of associations of agricultural producers and promote good faith bargaining between such associations and handlers of agricultural products, H6374 [4OC]

———require labeling of country of origin of imported perishable agricultural commodities, H6355 [4OC]

———respond to the continuing economic crisis adversely affecting agricultural producers (H.R. 2213), H3535, H3539 [26JN]

———study effect of farm program payments on the economic viability of rice producers, H6228 [3OC]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2330), H3755 [28JN], H3914, H3915 [11JY]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 70), H7315 [25OC]

Aviation: preserve the continued viability of the U.S. air transportation system (H.R. 2926), consideration (H. Res. 244), H5887 [21SE]

Birds: prohibit interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to States in which animal fighting is lawful, H6275, H6276 [4OC]

Budget: allocation of funds, H722, H725, H727, H730, H733 [7MR], H807 [8MR]

———deficit, H360, H361, H365 [14FE]

———revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), H1164 [27MR], H1232, H1235, H1236, H1237, H1250 [28MR]

———revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), conference report, H2037 [9MY]

———revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), recommit conference report (H. Res. 134), H1952 [8MY]

———treatment of any budget surpluses, H360, H361, H365 [14FE]

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), H4316 [19JY]

Congress: legislative priorities, H7315 [25OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: allow Puerto Rico and American Samoa to upgrade data processing systems used to provide food assistance and eligibility determinations, H6228 [3OC]

———competitive research grant funding, H6345 [4OC]

———Karnal Bunt research funding, H3755 [28JN]

———require a report on coordinated actions to prevent bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease) and foot-and-mouth disease (S. 700), H2053 [9MY]

———require report on the amount of beef and pork that is imported into the U.S., H6327 [4OC]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 3338), H8453 [28NO]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2590), H4619 [25JY]

Food: educate the public on the use of biotechnology in producing food for human consumption, H6270 [4OC]

Fort Chadbourne, TX: tribute to historic preservation efforts, E1299 [11JY]

4-H Youth Development Program: centennial (H. Res. 112), H1692 [1MY]

Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, H722 [7MR]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 2563), consideration (H. Res. 219), H5189 [2AU]

House of Representatives: legislative program, H602, H603 [1MR]

Parliamentary inquiry, H657 [7MR], H751 [8MR]

Power resources: decrease dependence of foreign petroleum through enhancement of alternative, renewable, domestic agricultural sources, H6371 [4OC]

———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 4), consideration (H. Res. 216), H4999, H5000 [1AU]

———national energy policy, H3811 [10JY]

President's Commission To Strengthen Social Security: prohibit OMB funding to implement final report, H4619 [25JY]

Rural areas: rural development programs funding, H6350, H6351 [4OC]

Sisisky, Norman: tribute (H. Res. 107), H1337 [29MR]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H2650 [23MY]

———honor commitments (H. Con. Res. 282), E2275 [13DE]

Taxation: provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), consideration (H. Res. 320), H10823 [19DE]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), consideration (H. Res. 320)—same-day consideration (H. Res. 319), H10501 [19DE]

———rates (H.R. 3), H722, H725, H727, H730, H733 [7MR]

———rates (H.R. 3), consideration (H. Res. 83), H746, H747 [8MR]

———rates (H.R. 3), motion to recommit, H807 [8MR]

———rates (H.R. 1836), conference report, H2839 [25MY]

———rates (H.R. 1836), motion to instruct conferees, H2650 [23MY]

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), H5526 [11SE]

———economic impact of hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, H5887 [21SE]

———tribute to relief efforts surrounding the hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, H5526 [11SE]

Treaties and agreements: extend trade negotiating and trade agreement implementing authority (H.R. 3005), H8999, H9017 [6DE]

Statements

Response of Committee on Agriculture (House) to the Continuing Economic Crisis Adversely Affecting Agricultural Producers: by, Committee on Agriculture (House), S8865 [3AU]