NETHERCUTT, GEORGE R., JR. (a Representative from Washington)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 2217, Dept. of the Interior and related agencies appropriations, H5857 [20SE]

———H.R. 2330, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, H7553 [31OC]

———H.R. 3338, Dept. of Defense appropriations, H9318 [12DE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: grants to assist value-added agricultural businesses (see H.R. 1093), H1346 [29MR]

———increase maximum amount of marketing loan gains and loan deficiency payments that an agricultural producer may receive during the crop year (see H.R. 337, 338), H1013 [20MR]

———issue commemorative postage stamp to honor U.S. farm women (see H. Res. 47), H399 [14FE]

———permit States to purchase certain pesticides sold in Canada (see H.R. 1084), H4378 [20JY]

———provide tax and regulatory relief for farmers and improve competitiveness of U.S. commodities and products in global markets (see H.R. 627), H394 [14FE]

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), H2184 [15MY]

Aviation: ensure general aviation aircraft access to Federal land and to the airspace over that land (see H.R. 1363), H1408 [3AP]

———preempt State laws requiring approval prior to the construction or operation of certain airport development projects (see H.R. 2107), H5126 [1AU]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (see H.R. 333), H163 [31JA]

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]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 8), H166 [31JA]

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), H2142 [10MY]

Children and youth: establish an international infant and child nutrition and education program (see H.R. 1700), H1923 [3MY]

China, People's Republic of: persecution of Falun Gong practitioners (see H. Con. Res. 188), H4216 [18JY]

Clean Air Act: eliminate the phase-in period for the reduction of sulfur content in diesel fuel (see H.R. 1891), H4634 [25JY]

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1699), H2571 [22MY]

Congress: specify source of constitutional authority for the enactment of legislation (see H.R. 175), H3358 [20JN]

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]

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 1701), H2281 [16MY]

Courts: divide the ninth judicial circuit into two circuits (see H.R. 1203), H1411 [3AP]

Credit cards: prevent issuers from taking advantage of traditional college students and protect parents of such students (see H.R. 184), H224 [7FE]

Crime: life imprisonment for repeat offenders who commit sex offenses against children (see H.R. 2146), H3149 [13JN]

———provide incentives for States to enact mandatory minimum sentences for certain firearms offenses (see H.R. 534), H6919 [16OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: agricultural trade programs funding (see H.R. 98), H1012 [20MR]

Dept. of Energy: develop plan for magnetic fusion burning plasma experiment to accelerate scientific understanding and development of fusion as a long term energy source (see H.R. 1781), H2081 [9MY]

Dept. of HHS: establish an Office on Women's Health (see H.R. 1784), H5125 [1AU]

Dept. of Labor: establish voluntary protection programs (see H.R. 2235), H4217 [18JY]

———impose limitations on the wage that an employer is required to pay an H-2A nonimmigrant agricultural worker (see H.R. 2457), H4217 [18JY]

Dept. of the Interior: prevent the westward spread of aquatic nuisance species and provide rapid response capacity in certain Western States (see H.R. 2732), H5333 [2AU]

———provide assistance through States to eligible weed management entities to control or eradicate harmful, nonnative weeds (see H.R. 1462), H4378 [20JY]

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]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify compensation standards for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans suffering from certain undiagnosed illnesses (see H.R. 612), H624 [1MR]

Disasters: improve ability of individuals and local, State, and Federal agencies to prevent natural floods (see H.R. 1100), H1010 [20MR]

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

———increase activities carried out by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and NIH relative to diabetes in minority populations (see H.R. 2232), H3259 [19JN] (see H.R. 2790), H5336 [2AU]

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

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make tax benefits permanent (see H.R. 2316), H4541 [24JY]

Ecuador: condemn kidnapping and murder of individuals by terrorists and support U.S. efforts to combat such terrorism (see H. Con. Res. 89), H3807 [28JN]

Education: improve and refocus civic education (see H.R. 611), H2387 [21MY]

———improve the quality and scope of science and mathematics education (see H.R. 1858), H3961 [11JY]

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

Endangered Species Act: require the Dept. of the Interior to give greater weight to scientific or commercial data that is empirical or has been field-tested or peer-reviewed (see H.R. 2829), H5338 [2AU]

———vest in the Dept. of the Interior functions relative to certain migratory fish (see H.R. 2409), H4217 [18JY]

Energy Policy and Conservation Act: eliminate certain plumbing supply regulations (see H.R. 1479), H1486 (see H.R. 1479), H1496 [4AP]

FDA: grant authority to regulate tobacco (see H.R. 1097), H1010 [20MR]

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

Federal Prison Industries: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (see H.R. 1577), H4378 [20JY]

FERC: hydroelectric projects licensing reform (see H.R. 1832), H2183 [15MY]

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

———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), H10067 [13DE]

Firearms: allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in all States and exempt current and former law enforcement officers from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 382), H165 [31JA]

———permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 950), H5406 [5SE]

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

———protect and enforce the right to obtain and use firearms for security, self-defense, and other legitimate purposes (see H.R. 31), H25 [3JA]

———protect manufacturers and sellers in the firearms and ammunition industry from restrictions on interstate or foreign commerce (see H.R. 2037), H3151 [13JN]

———protect right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 1460), H3961 [11JY]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 36), H929 [14MR]

———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]

Foreign policy: recognize important relationship between the U.S. and Mexico (see H. Con. Res. 206), H4949 [31JY]

Gambling: expand and modernize the prohibition against interstate gambling (see H.R. 3215), H8249 [15NO]

Health: improve access to health care services for uninsured and low-income individuals in medically under served areas (see H. Res. 87), H929 [14MR]

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

Immigration: improve procedures relative to the admission to, and departure from the U.S. (see H.R. 3077), H6702 [11OC]

Insurance: provide premium assistance for COBRA continuation coverage for certain individuals and permit States to provide temporary Medicaid coverage for certain uninsured individuals (see H.R. 3364), H9078 [6DE]

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development: establish trust fund to address long-term food production and rural development needs in Afghanistan and the Central Asian Republics (see H.R. 3566), H10964 [20DE]

Klamath Basin: authorize refunds of amounts collected from Klamath Project irrigation and drainage districts for operation and maintenance of transferred and reserved water works (see H.R. 2828), H5338 [2AU]

———respond to economic disaster threatening certain farmers and communities resulting from denial of irrigation water for the Klamath Project (see H.R. 2827), H5338 [2AU]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 1109), H1011 [20MR]

Law enforcement officers: ensure confidentiality of personnel records or personal information (see H.R. 199), H1346 [29MR]

———exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H1115 [22MR]

———tribute for efforts in battling the use and production of methamphetamine (see H. Res. 114), H1487 (see H. Res. 114), H1499 [4AP]

Lumber industry: importation of unfairly traded Canadian lumber (see H. Con. Res. 54), H741 [7MR]

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), H2335 [17MY]

———provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 600), H323 [13FE]

Medicare: coverage of additional hemodialysis treatments for certain patients and increased update in composite rate for dialysis services (see H.R. 2220), H7529 [30OC]

———coverage of bone mass measurements for all individuals at clinical risk for osteoporosis (see H.R. 595), H3863 [10JY]

———coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1624), H2083 [9MY]

———expand coverage of certain self-injected biologicals (see H.R. 1089), H959 [19MR]

———provide for equitable reimbursement rates to Medicare+Choice organizations (see H.R. 2549), H4215 [18JY]

———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), H877 [13MR]

———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), H9240 [11DE]

Monuments and memorials: prohibit extension or establishment of any national monument without an express act of Congress (see H.R. 2114), H2997 [7JN]

Motor vehicles: provide for greater fairness in the motor vehicle franchise contract arbitration process (see H.R. 1296), H8338 [16NO]

National 4-H Program Centennial Initiative: funding (see H.R. 1388), H3260 [19JN]

National Advisory Commission on Tax Reform and Simplification: establish (see H.R. 335), H4780 [27JY]

National Guard: provide more equitable civil service retirement and retention provisions for technicians (see H.R. 513), H1116 [22MR]

National Peace Officers Memorial Day: designate (see H. Res. 116), H1488 (see H. Res. 116), H1499 [4AP]

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 56), H2335 [17MY]

Native Americans: improve services and facilities of Federal Indian health programs and encourage maximum participation of Indians in such programs (see H.R. 1662), H1715 [1MY]

NIH: implement guidelines for research using human pluripotent stem cells (see H.R. 2747), H5456 [6SE]

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

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 1444), H1484 (see H.R. 1444), H1494 [4AP]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 250), H650 [6MR]

Power resources: establish and implement competitive, environmentally sound, and job creating oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (see H.R. 39), H254 [8FE]

Privacy: protect the integrity and confidentiality of Social Security numbers and prohibit the establishment of any uniform national identifying number (see H.R. 220), H400 [14FE]

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]

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

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 1140), H1191 [27MR]

Reagan, Ronald: tribute (see H.J. Res. 7), H166 [31JA]

Real property: preserve Federal sovereignty of certain public lands and preserve certain State and private property rights (see H.R. 883), H1410 [3AP]

Roads and highways: amend length and weight limitations for vehicles operating on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 3132), H6918 [16OC]

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

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see H.R. 1644), H2890 [5JN]

Sharon, Ariel: commend election as Prime Minister of Israel, encourage end to Middle East violence, and reaffirm U.S. commitment to friendship (see H. Res. 34), H325 [13FE]

Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 498), H222 [7FE]

———ensure solvency (see H. Con. Res. 214), H5338 [2AU]

———modify the deadline for compliance with certain regulations providing for the electronic exchange of health information (see H.R. 1975), H4014 [16JY]

Taxation: accelerate repeal of estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes and reduction in gift taxes (see H.R. 2631), H5340 [2AU]

———adjust for inflation the amount of agricultural labor wages that can be paid without being subject to Federal unemployment taxes (see H.R. 1003), H1925 [3MY]

———allow a deduction for State and local sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes (see H.R. 322), H224 [7FE]

———allow a tax credit for certain energy-efficient property (see H.R. 1275), H1294 [28MR]

———allow a tax credit for incremental hydropower for additional generating capacity and increased efficiency at existing at FERC-licensed dams (see H.R. 1677), H2083 [9MY]

———allow an exclusion from gross income for certain amounts of capital gains distributions from regulated investment companies (see H.R. 168), H61 [6JA]

———allow an investment credit by farmers for value-added agricultural property (see H.R. 1094), H1346 [29MR]

———allow deduction for charitable contributions to individuals who do not itemize other deductions (see H.R. 777), H505 [28FE]

———allow designation of income tax refunds for use in NIH biomedical research programs (see H.R. 1340), H2998 [7JN]

———allow distilled spirits wholesalers a credit for their cost of carrying Federal excise taxes prior to the sale of the product bearing the tax (see H.R. 1987), H4353 [19JY]

———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), H6380 [4OC]

———allow investments by certain retirement plans in principal residences of children and grandchildren of participants who are first-time homebuyers (see H.R. 2308), H5456 [6SE]

———constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (see H.J. Res. 41), H1115 [22MR]

———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see H.R. 1172), H2712 [24MY]

———deduction for interest paid on debt secured by a first or second home (see H. Con. Res. 8), H112 [30JA]

———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), H1295 [28MR]

———expand child tax credit (see H.R. 539), H444 [27FE]

———expand Federal tax refund intercept program for parents delinquent on child support to cover children who are not minors (see H.R. 869), H1121 [26MR]

———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 1076), H3806 [28JN]

———expand S corporation eligibility for banks (see H.R. 1263), H2956 [6JN]

———full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (see H.R. 154), H167 [31JA]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 267), H3067 [12JN]

———increase limitation on contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 12), H111 [30JA]

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

———permit churches and other houses of worship to engage in political campaigns (see H.R. 2357), H7718 [1NO]

———provide a credit for qualified energy management devices (see H.R. 1797), H3068 [12JN]

———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), H877 [13MR]

———provide consistent treatment of survivor benefits for public safety officers killed in the line of duty (see H.R. 710), H398 [14FE]

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

———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 estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see H.R. 330), H163 [31JA]

———repeal estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 8), H926 [14MR]

———repeal motor fuel excise taxes which remain in the general fund of the Treasury on railroads and inland waterway transportation (see H.R. 1024), H2142 [10MY]

———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 622), H832 [12MR]

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

———treatment of bonds issued to acquire renewable resources on land subject to conservation easement (see H.R. 1711), H5455 [6SE]

———treatment of certain franchise operation property (see H.R. 1507), H4724 [26JY]

———treatment of charitable donation of food by businesses and farmers (see H.R. 990), H2889 [5JN]

———treatment of crops destroyed by casualty (see H.R. 2354), H5488 [10SE]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 831), H4009 [12JY]

———treatment of forestry activities (see H.R. 1581), H5927 [21SE]

———treatment of loan payments received under the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 1401), H1482 (see H.R. 1401), H1492 [4AP]

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

Transportation: provide assistance for the construction of certain air traffic control towers (see H.R. 1979), H3260 [19JN]

Veterans: increase educational benefits under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 1291, 1291), H3207 [18JN]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H443 [27FE]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: authorize design and construction of a temporary education center (see H.R. 510), H222 [7FE]

Volunteer firefighters: remove civil liability barriers surrounding donating fire equipment to volunteer fire companies (see H.R. 1919), H3002 [8JN]

Voting: guarantee the right of military personnel to vote when serving away from home and extend voter registration and absentee ballot protections for such personnel to State and local elections (see H.R. 1377), H3863 [10JY]

Washington: tribute to firefighters who lost their lives fighting the Thirtymile Fire in the Cascade Mountains (see H. Res. 201), H4216 [18JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Crime: establish Federal criminal penalties and civil remedies for certain violent, threatening, obstructive and destructive conduct that is intended to injure, intimidate, or interfere with plant or animal enterprises (see H.R. 2795), H5336 [2AU]

———prevent plant enterprise terrorism (see H.R. 2060), H2888 [5JN]

Indian Health Service: elevate position of Director to Assistant Sec. of HHS for Indian Health (see H.R. 293), H110 [30JA]

Medicare: coverage of medically necessary pancreas transplantation procedures (see H.R. 1361), H1408 [3AP]

———State accreditation of diabetes self-management training programs (see H.R. 836), H622 [1MR]

Taxation: 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), H218 [7FE]

Poems

``Soldier,'' Glenn R. Batty, E924 [24MY]

Remarks

Addy, WA: closing of Alcoa Inc., Northwest Alloys magnesium smelting plant, H6043 [25SE]

Agriculture: conservation programs funding, H6320 [4OC]

———continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), H6320 [4OC]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2330), H3758 [28JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2330), conference report, H8079 [13NO]

Arts and humanities: National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment for the Humanities, and Institute of Museum and Library Services funding through reductions in Dept. of the Interior and Forest Service funding, H3384 [21JN]

Aviation: improve security (H.R. 3150), H7642 [1NO]

Bonneville Power Administration: transmission upgrading, H7608 [1NO]

Crime: prevent plant enterprise terrorism, H3758 [28JN]

Dept. of Education: Star Schools Program funding, H2409 [22MY]

Dept. of the Interior: weatherization assistance, energy conservation, and payment in lieu of taxes programs funding through reductions in fossil energy research and development program, H3398 [21JN]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2217), H3371, H3384, H3398 [21JN]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2500), H4199 [18JY]

Drugs: combat manufacture, traffic, import, and export of methamphetamine, H4199 [18JY]

Education: close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), H2409 [22MY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2311), conference report, H7608 [1NO]

FAA: use of Airport Improvement Program funds by rural airports to implement certain security restrictions, H7642 [1NO]

FDA: Food Safety Inspection Service funding, H3758 [28JN]

———pre-market device review funding, H8079 [13NO]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (H.J. Res. 36), H4062 [17JY]

Forest Service: investigation of employees in Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife relative to planting of false evidence by biologists in habitat study, E2389 [20DE]

Indian Health Service: elevate position of Director to Assistant Sec. of HHS for Indian Health (H.R. 293), E63 [30JA]

Iran and Libya Sanctions Act: extend authorities (S. 1218), E1430 [25JY]

Memorial Day: observance, E924 [24MY]

Nobel Prize: recognition of Lee Hartwell for physiology and medicine, E2121 [16NO]

Social Security: protect Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms (H.R. 2), H274 [13FE]

Taxation: provide relief for victims of the terrorist attacks against the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H.R. 2884), H7858 [7NO]

———rates, E429 [22MR]

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), H5543 [11SE]

———tribute to first responders injured or killed following attacks at the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, and recognize first responders to previous domestic attacks, H7858 [7NO]

Volunteer firefighters: remove civil liability barriers surrounding donating fire equipment to volunteer fire companies (H.R. 1919), H7858 [7NO]

Votes: position on missed, E1460 [27JY]

Walla Walla, WA: National Trust for Historic Preservation Great American Main Street Award recipient, E745 [8MY]

Washington: Northeast Washington State Four County Methamphetamine Task Force funding, H4199 [18JY]

———tribute to firefighters who lost their lives fighting the Thirtymile Fire in the Cascade Mountains (H. Res. 201), H4400 [23JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H6053 [25SE]

Tributes

Wood, Gary B., H3008 [12JN]