POMEROY, EARL (a Representative from North Dakota)

Appointments

British-American Interparliamentary Group, H7950 [8NO]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Africa: efforts to reduce hunger in sub-Saharan Africa (see H. Con. Res. 102), H3864 [10JY]

Agricultural Market Transition Act: provide compensation for loss markets to farm owners and producers who have entered into production flexibility contracts (see H.R. 1339), H3151 [13JN]

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

———restore certain education benefits of reservist and active duty servicemembers participating in military action against Afghanistan (see H.R. 3240), H7908 [7NO]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 179), H1190 [27MR]

Aviation: improve security (see H.R. 3110), H7358 [29OC]

Birds: prohibit interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to States in which animal fighting is lawful (see H.R. 1155), H1060 [21MR]

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]

Chicago, IL: expand aviation capacity (see H.R. 3479), H10065 [13DE]

Children and youth: establish an international infant and child nutrition and education program (see H.R. 1700), H2387 [21MY]

———improve academic and social outcomes for students by providing productive activities during after-school hours (see H.R. 1822), H5406 [5SE]

———promote financial education (see H.R. 61), H26 [3JA]

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

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 781), H506 [28FE]

Computers: encourage broadband technology deployment to rural areas (see H.R. 2038), H2848 [25MY]

Congress: hold joint session in New York, NY (see H. Con. Res. 249), H7960 [8NO]

Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to officers, emergency personnel, and governmental employees who responded to the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center (see H.R. 3054), H8564 [28NO]

———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: give U.S. district courts jurisdiction over competing State custody determinations (see H.R. 2688), H4948 [31JY]

———restore the Federal civil rights remedy for victims of gender-motivated violence (see H.R. 429), H219 [7FE]

Crime: provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (see H.R. 1343), H10067 [13DE]

Dept. of Agriculture: improve agricultural credit programs (see H.R. 2653), H4723 [26JY]

Dept. of Defense: field current weapons that provide alternatives to landmines, join the Convention on the Prohibition of Anti-Personnel Mines, and expand support for mine victims (see H.R. 948), H2712 [24MY]

Dept. of Justice: establish the Violence Against Women Office (see H.R. 28), H111 [30JA]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify compensation standards for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans suffering from certain undiagnosed illnesses (see H.R. 612), H3068 [12JN]

———extend payment of certain benefits through the date of the beneficiary's death (see H.R. 2223), H4541 [24JY]

Diseases: expand research activities relative to Duchenne muscular dystrophy (see H.R. 717), H1346 [29MR]

———extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 2725), H5333 [2AU]

———increased support and funding to combat juvenile diabetes (see H. Con. Res. 36), H508 [28FE]

Education: authorize recruitment and retention incentive programs, student loan forgiveness, and professional development programs for teachers in rural areas (see H.R. 2102), H2997 [7JN]

———improve and refocus civic education (see H.R. 611), H2022 [8MY]

———provide for teacher technology training (see H.R. 1703), H1923 [3MY]

———provide student loan forgiveness to teachers who work in tribal colleges or universities (see H.R. 1180), H1113 [22MR]

———reauthorize and improve the rural education development initiative (see H.R. 692), H397 [14FE]

———reduce class size through the use of fully qualified teachers (see H.R. 1036), H2142 [10MY]

Election Administration Commission: establish (see H.R. 775), H5927 [21SE]

EPA: reinstate revised drinking water standards for arsenic (see H.R. 1413), H1482 (see H.R. 1413), H1492 [4AP]

Federal contracts: ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 721), H3519 [25JN]

Financial institutions: encourage a strong community-based banking system (see H.R. 1220), H1188 [27MR]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 36), H1490 [4AP]

———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]

Floods: reduce losses (see H.R. 2021), H2847 [25MY]

4-H Youth Development Program: centennial (see H. Res. 112), H1718 [1MY]

Government: establish public disclosure requirements for working groups of advisory committees (see H.R. 3371), H8564 [28NO]

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

———sustain access to vital emergency medical services in rural areas (see H.R. 1353), H1718 [1MY]

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]

Insurance: ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (see H.R. 3210), H7717 [1NO]

———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 602), H2184 [15MY]

———provide equitable coverage of mental health, substance abuse, and chemical dependency treatment services under group and individual health coverage (see H.R. 162), H3150 [13JN]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 536), H650 [6MR]

Iron and steel industry: provide certain safeguards relative to the domestic steel industry (see H.R. 808), H2712 [24MY]

Lakes: require Federal agencies to enhance recreational experiences for the public (see H.R. 1013), H4113 [17JY]

Law enforcement: community policing programs (see H.R. 2009), H2711 [24MY]

Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1475), H1486 (see H.R. 1475), H1496 [4AP]

Medicaid: clarify that Native American women eligible for coverage under Indian health plans are eligible for optional breast and cervical cancer coverage (see H.R. 1383), H1718 [1MY]

———provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 600), H1660 [26AP]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see H.R. 3363), H8564 [28NO]

———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases (see H.R. 2117), H3260 [19JN]

———coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1624), H2185 [15MY]

———designate certain diabetes educators as certified providers for purposes of outpatient diabetes education services (see H.R. 1645), H3151 [13JN]

———expand coverage of certain self-injected biologicals (see H.R. 1089), H1191 [27MR]

———pay ambulance suppliers the full costs of providing such services (see H.R. 3109), H6779 [12OC]

———protect patients by limiting the number of mandatory overtime hours a nurse may be required to work by certain service providers (see H.R. 3238), H7852 [6NO]

———reductions in prescription drug prices (see H.R. 1400), H1482 (see H.R. 1400), H1491 [4AP]

———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), H6137 [2OC]

———treatment of certain physician pathology services (see H.R. 1451), H1484 (see H.R. 1451), H1494 [4AP]

Medicare/Medicaid: waive certain nurse aide training requirements (see H.R. 1510), H1497 [4AP]

Motor vehicles: provide for greater fairness in the motor vehicle franchise contract arbitration process (see H.R. 1296), H1490 [4AP]

National 4-H Program Centennial Initiative: funding (see H.R. 1388), H1718 [1MY]

National Rural Development Partnership: authorize (see H.R. 3473), H10055 [12DE]

National Writing Project: improve (see H.R. 1192), H1661 [26AP]

NIH: experimental program to stimulate competitive research (see H.R. 973), H874 [13MR]

Outer Continental Shelf: use of oil and gas production royalties to establish a fund for outdoor conservation and recreation needs (see H.R. 701), H2184 [15MY]

Patriotism: mint coins in commemoration of the Spirit of America and to establish the Victims of September 11th Fund (see H.R. 3244), H7909 [7NO]

Pensions: exclude the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund from the Federal budget (see H.R. 572), H8564 [28NO]

———reform (see H.R. 10), H927 [14MR]

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

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 250), H443 [27FE]

———protection of post offices (see H. Con. Res. 181), H3805 [28JN]

———tribute (see H. Con. Res. 257), H7853 [6NO]

Power resources: ensure energy self-sufficiency of the U.S. and promote environmental quality through use of renewable fuels (see H.R. 2423), H6056 [25SE]

———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]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 1140), H1664 [27AP]

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]

Smithsonian Institution: establish National Museum of African American History and Culture (see H.R. 1718), H3863 [10JY]

Social Security: clarify coordination of benefits among health plans (see H.R. 2745), H5334 [2AU]

———computation system for benefits relative to spouses' or surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 664), H395 [14FE]

———modify the deadline for compliance with certain regulations providing for the electronic exchange of health information (see H.R. 1975), H2679 [23MY]

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

———provide greater equity and efficiency to the SSA payment system for claimant representation (see H.R. 3332), H8949 [5DE]

Solid waste: limit receipt of out-of-State municipal solid waste (see H.R. 1213), H10966 [20DE]

Sports: make antitrust laws applicable to the elimination or relocation of Major League Baseball franchises (see H.R. 3288), H8181 [14NO]

Taxation: allow disclosure of taxpayer identity information through mass communications to notify persons entitled to tax refunds (see H.R. 1443), H1484 (see H.R. 1443), H1494 [4AP]

———allow employers maintaining a defined non-Government benefit plan to treat certain employee contributions as pretax employer contributions (see H.R. 3012), H7718 [1NO]

———allow farmer-owned cooperatives access to small ethanol producer tax credit (see H.R. 1636), H1659 [26AP]

———allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums (see H.R. 2125), H6137 [2OC]

———allow tax credit to businesses who employ members of the military reserves and a comparable credit to self-employed military reserve participants (see H.R. 394), H508 [28FE]

———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), H8732 [29NO]

———clarify application of the excise tax imposed on bows and arrows (see H.R. 2001), H3069 [12JN]

———clarify exemption from the self-employment tax for termination payments received by former life insurance salesmen (see H.R. 1134), H1012 [20MR]

———clarify the exemption from tax for small property and casualty insurance companies (see H.R. 1908), H2334 [17MY]

———exclude from self-employment earnings certain payments under the Conservation Reserve Program (see H.R. 923), H740 [7MR]

———exclusion from gross income for family-to-family sale of farm businesses (see H.R. 1179), H1113 [22MR]

———exclusion of gain from the sale of farmland (see H.R. 294), H110 [30JA]

———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 1076), H954 [15MR]

———extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind (see H.R. 876), H2022 [8MY]

———facilitate electric cooperative participation in a competitive electric power industry (see H.R. 1601), H1658 [26AP]

———impose excise tax on persons who acquire structured settlement payments in factoring transactions (see H.R. 1514), H1498 [4AP]

———incentives to encourage production and use of efficient energy sources (see H.R. 2108), H2997 [7JN]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 267), H628 [5MR]

———permanently extend research credit and adjust the alternative incremental credit rates (see H.R. 41), H623 [1MR]

———permit consolidation of life insurance companies with other companies (see H.R. 909), H1410 [3AP]

———permit cooperatives to pay dividends on preferred stock without reducing patronage dividends (see H.R. 2280), H3464 [21JN]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain leasehold improvements (see H.R. 1030), H928 [14MR]

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

———provide relief for victims of the terrorist attacks against the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 2884), H5615 [13SE]

———repeal alternative minimum tax treatment of incentive stock options to change the taxable event from the exercise of the stock option to the stock sale (see H.R. 2794), H5336 [2AU]

———repeal limitation on the use of foreign tax credits under the alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 1600), H1658 [26AP]

———transfer all excise taxes imposed on alcohol fuels to the Highway Trust Fund (see H.R. 2808), H5337 [2AU]

———treat certain motor vehicle dealer transitional assistance as an involuntary conversion (see H.R. 2374), H5592 [11SE]

———treatment of active financing income earned overseas by financial services firms (see H.R. 1357), H1408 [3AP]

———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 622), H2022 [8MY]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1305), H1344 [29MR]

———treatment of certain expenses of rural letter carriers relative to the business use of a personal vehicle (see H.R. 2350), H3712 [27JN]

———treatment of employer-provided educational assistance (see H.R. 1483), H2185 [15MY]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 831), H622 [1MR]

———treatment of policyholder dividends of mutual life insurance companies and policyholder surplus accounts (see H.R. 661), H1557 [24AP]

Terrorism: bioterrorism preparedness and response funding (see H.R. 3255), H7959 [8NO]

———improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (see H.R. 3310), H8732 [29NO]

———issue commemorative postage stamp to assist families of victims of attacks at the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 2905), H5925 [21SE] (see H.R. 2907), H6056 [25SE]

Treaties and agreements: implement the agreement establishing a U.S.-Jordan free trade area (see H.R. 1484), H1486 (see H.R. 1484), H1496 [4AP]

United Mine Workers of America: provide additional sources of revenue to the Combined Benefit Fund and Benefit Plan (see H.R. 3567), H10964 [20DE]

Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H325 [13FE]

Voting: establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (see H.R. 3295), H8181 [14NO]

———establish a program to provide funds to State and local governments to replace punch card voting systems (see H.R. 775), H5927 [21SE]

World War II: allow certain individuals of Japanese ancestry who were brought forcibly to the U.S. from Latin America and were interned in the U.S. to be provided restitution (see H.R. 619), H1410 [3AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Agriculture: permit States to purchase certain pesticides sold in Canada (see H.R. 1084), H955 [15MR]

———require labeling of country of origin of imported perishable agricultural commodities (see H.R. 1121), H1011 [20MR]

Surface Transportation Board: strengthen railroad merger review standards and apply Federal antitrust laws to rail carriers and railroad transportation (see H.R. 999), H876 [13MR]

Taxation: enhance the portability of retirement benefits (see H.R. 155), H60 [6JA]

———full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (see H.R. 154), H60 [6JA]

Terrorism: bioterrorism preparedness and response funding (see H.R. 3174), H7333 [25OC]

Book reviews

``Insuring the Essentials—Bob Ball on Social Security,'' Robert Ourlian, E983 [25MY]

Factsheets

Hope for Children Act (H.R. 622), H2297 [17MY]

Motions

Taxation: phase out estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), H1456 [4AP]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H2681 [24MY]

Remarks

Agriculture: conservation programs funding, H6311 [4OC]

———continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), H6181, H6231 [3OC], H6311, H6337 [4OC], H9020 [6DE]

———limit price support payments to producers, H6231 [3OC]

———price supports for sugar, H6337 [4OC]

———respond to the continuing economic crisis adversely affecting agricultural producers (H.R. 2213), H3526 [26JN]

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

———discourage predatory lending practices, E274 [5MR]

———U.S. enforcement of certain civil judgments rendered in foreign courts, E274 [5MR]

Budget: revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), conference report, H1913, H1914 [3MY], H1948 [8MY]

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), H4317 [19JY]

Dept. of Defense: authorize additional rounds of military base closures and realignments, H10076 [13DE]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1438), H10076 [13DE]

Diseases: international tuberculosis control and Child Survival and Maternal Health Account funding through reductions in the Andean Counterdrug Initiative funding, H4476 [24JY]

Education: close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), H2533 [22MY]

Federal aid programs: provide for emergency unemployment compensation program and emergency health coverage assistance, H7270 [24OC]

Foreign aid: international education programs funding, H349 [14FE]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2506), H4476 [24JY]

Health: expand health care access and choice of coverage through association health plans, H5257 [2AU]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 2563), H5257 [2AU]

House Rules: same-day consideration of certain resolutions (H. Res. 130), H1913, H1914 [3MY]

———same-day consideration of certain resolutions (H. Res. 131), H1948 [8MY]

Insurance: ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (H.R. 3210), H8606 [29NO]

———ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (H.R. 3210), consideration (H. Res. 297), H8578 [29NO]

———ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (H.R. 3210), motion to recommit, H8628 [29NO]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (H.R. 3363), E2150 [28NO]

Medicare/Medicaid: waive certain nurse aide training requirements (H.R. 1510), E578 [5AP]

Native Americans: Tribally Controlled Postsecondary Vocational and Technical Institutions funding, H2533 [22MY]

Pensions: protect benefits of employees in defined benefit plans and enforce age discrimination requirements relative to tax legislation on defined benefit plans becoming cash balance plans, H1826 [2MY]

———provide retirement investment advice to workers managing their retirement income assets (H.R. 2269), H8197, H8198 [15NO]

———reform (H.R. 10), H1786, H1816 [2MY]

———reform (H.R. 10), motion to recommit, H1826 [2MY]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 4), E1564 [3AU]

Social Security: reform, E983 [25MY]

Surface Transportation Board: strengthen railroad merger review standards and apply Federal antitrust laws to rail carriers and railroad transportation (H.R. 999), E350 [13MR]

Taxation: phase out estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), H1451 [4AP]

———phase out estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), motion to recommit, H1456 [4AP]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), H7270 [24OC]

———rates (H.R. 3), H799 [8MR]

———rates (H.R. 1836), H2683 [24MY]

———rates (H.R. 1836), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 153), H2827 [25MY]

———repeal corporate alternative minimum tax, H7270 [24OC]

———treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), H2294, H2297 [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), H5554 [11SE]

Treaties and agreements: extend trade negotiating and trade agreement implementing authority (H.R. 3005), H9020 [6DE]

Votes: position on missed, H7158 [23OC]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H874 [13MR], H3514 [25JN]

Special order: granted, H389 [14FE], H925 [14MR], H3147 [13JN]

Tributes

Crist, Charles E., E189 [14FE]

Kasprisin, Kenneth S., E1426 [25JY]