BIGGERT, JUDY (a Representative from Illinois)

Amendments

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1699), H2891 [5JN], H2957 [6JN], H2972 [7JN]

Appointments

Committee To Escort the Speaker-Elect to the Chair, H3 [3JA]

Congressional Recognition for Excellence in Arts Education Awards Board, H2338 [21MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Afghanistan: ensure participation of women from all ethnic groups in the economic and political reconstruction (see H. Con. Res. 268), H8421 [27NO]

———provide educational and health care assistance to women and children (see H.R. 3330), H8337 [16NO]

———provide for the removal from power of the Taliban regime (see H.R. 3088), H6920 [16OC]

———tribute to organizations led by Afghan women that are providing humanitarian services and ensure inclusion of women in any newly established Government (see H. Res. 281), H8421 [27NO]

Agriculture: prohibit transfer or marketing of nonambulatory cattle, sheep, swine, horses, mules, or goats (see H.R. 1421), H6137 [2OC]

———repeal peanut quotas, reduce peanut loan rates, and require the Dept. of Agriculture to purchase peanuts for nutrition programs (see H.R. 2164), H3150 [13JN]

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), H3713 [27JN]

Armed Forces: provide retirees all benefits promised to them upon enlistment (see H.R. 51), H1410 [3AP]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 179), H1410 [3AP]

———use of military health care system and commissary stores by unremarried former spouses of members (see H.R. 288), H1410 [3AP]

Army: close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation and establish a joint congressional task force to assess the education and training needs for Latin American military personnel (see H.R. 1810), H4541 [24JY]

Aviation: provide for safety of U.S. aviation and suppression of terrorism (see H.R. 2896), H7852 [6NO]

Baltic States: independence anniversary of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (see H. Con. Res. 131), H4780 [27JY]

Birds: prohibit interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to States in which animal fighting is lawful (see H.R. 1155), H6260 [3OC]

CERCLA: reauthorize and reform Superfund program and promote brownfields redevelopment (see H.R. 324), H6137 [2OC]

Children and youth: give highest priority to providing assistance, services, and benefits to children who lost parents or guardians in terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H. Con. Res. 228), H5972 [24SE]

———promote financial education (see H.R. 61), H1605 [25AP]

———recognize importance and support goals and ideas of National Youth Day (see H. Res. 124), H3261 [19JN]

Chisholm, Shirley: tribute (see H. Res. 97), H1411 [3AP]

Computers: regulate the transmission of unsolicited commercial electronic mail (see H.R. 718), H955 [15MR]

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]

Correctional institutions: prohibit cable television and other luxuries for inmates in Federal prisons (see H.R. 458), H2022 [8MY]

———prohibit use of Federal funds for certain amenities and personal comforts for inmates in Federal prisons (see H.R. 1031), H928 [14MR]

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), H4780 [27JY]

Crime: condemn violence directed at Sikhs in the aftermath of hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H. Res. 255), H6380 [4OC]

———provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (see H.R. 1343), H1407 [3AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: regulate loans to certain processors of sugarcane and sugar beets (see H.R. 2081), H2955 [6JN]

Dept. of Education: establish national mentoring program (see H.R. 1501), H2023 [8MY]

———provide specific waiver authority to respond to conditions in the national emergency declared by the President (see H.R. 3086), H6700 [11OC]

Dept. of HUD: provide grant renewal under the programs for permanent supportive housing and shelter-plus-care for homeless persons (see H.R. 888), H648 [6MR]

Dept. of State: increase rewards program payments in connection with the hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 2894), H5703 [14SE]

Dept. of the Interior: establish the Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home National Historic Site (see H.R. 400), H1116 [22MR]

Dept. of Transportation: 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), H4541 [24JY]

Discrimination: protect rights and condemn attacks on Arab Americans, American Muslims, and South Asian Americans relative to terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H. Con. Res. 227), H5704 [14SE]

Diseases: collect data on benign brain-related tumors through the national program of cancer registries (see H.R. 239), H2334 [17MY]

———expand research activities relative to Duchenne muscular dystrophy (see H.R. 717), H2889 [5JN]

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

Education: close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (see H.R. 1), H1112 [22MR]

———establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (see H.R. 100, 101), H224 [7FE]

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

———Pell Grant Program funding (see H. Res. 13), H325 [13FE]

———provide grants for training of realtime court reporters and closed captioners to meet the requirements for closed captioning set forth in the Telecommunications Act (see H.R. 2527), H4112 [17JY]

———tribute to Catholic schools (see H. Res. 28), H221 [7FE]

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

———prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see H.R. 2692), H4948 [31JY]

———reform calculation formula for overtime compensation (see H.R. 1602), H4724 [26JY]

EPA: conduct a feasibility study of developing regional vehicle fuel specifications and of implementing the use of a uniform blend of gasoline in the Midwest (see H.R. 2017), H2847 [25MY]

———establish a grant program to support research on critical infrastructure protection for water supply systems (see H.R. 3178), H8339 [16NO]

FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2649), H4723 [26JY]

Federal firefighters: make mandatory separation age match requirement for Federal law enforcement officers (see H.R. 93), H112 [30JA]

Financial institutions: safeguard the public from fraud and streamline and facilitate efforts of Federal and State regulators to share antifraud information (see H.R. 1408), H2281 [16MY]

Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see H.R. 123), H5125 [1AU]

———protect manufacturers and sellers in the firearms and ammunition industry from restrictions on interstate or foreign commerce (see H.R. 2037), H7960 [8NO]

Flag—U.S.: 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 aid: prohibit application of certain restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental and multilateral organizations (see H.R. 755), H1717 [1MY]

Foreign trade: extend trade authorities procedures with respect to reciprocal trade agreements (see H.R. 2149), H3149 [13JN]

GAO: conduct a comprehensive fraud audit of the Dept. of Education (see H.R. 353), H164 [31JA]

———tribute to assistance enabling the House of Representatives to continue its work while House office buildings were closed due to anthrax bacteria outbreak (see H. Res. 294), H8421 [27NO]

Government: nullify effects of certain Executive Orders (see H.R. 19), H7960 [8NO]

———preserve open competition and neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal Government contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects (see H.R. 2055), H2888 [5JN]

Harper, Martha Matilda: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 38), H399 [14FE]

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]

Higher Education Act: remove limits on Internet course offerings, modify treatment of non-standard term programs, and clarify incentive compensation requirements (see H.R. 1992), H6137 [2OC]

Hunting and trapping: prohibit steel jaw leghold traps (see H.R. 1187), H6780 [12OC]

Hydrogen Research, Development, and Demonstration Act: reauthorize and amend (see H.R. 2174), H3201 [14JN]

Immigration: allow acceptance of an affidavit of support from another eligible sponsor if the original sponsor has died (see H.R. 1892), H3203 [14JN]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 737), H2082 [9MY] (see H.R. 1330), H1406 [3AP]

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), H3203 [14JN]

International Women's Day: observance (see H. Res. 86), H827 [8MR]

Interstate commerce: renewal of interstate economic protectionism (see H. Res. 230), H5339 [2AU]

Iran and Libya Sanctions Act: extend authorities (see H.R. 1954), H2677 [23MY]

Jones, Melvin: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 226), H5616 [13SE]

Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H4724 [26JY]

Medicaid: allow States to expand family planning coverage to certain women (see H.R. 2777), H5335 [2AU]

———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), H6260 [3OC]

Medicare: coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1624), H8133 [13NO]

———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), H10966 [20DE]

Mental health: issue commemorative postage stamp to raise autism awareness (see H. Res. 108), H1345 [29MR]

———provide for research on, and services for individuals with, postpartum depression and psychosis (see H.R. 2380), H5340 [2AU]

National Commission on Youth Crime and School Violence: establish (see H.R. 537), H1410 [3AP]

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), H2849 [25MY]

NATO: recommend the integration of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (see H. Con. Res. 116), H4541 [24JY]

NSF: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 108), H2023 [8MY]

Nuclear energy: ensure continued contribution to the U.S. electricity supply (see H.R. 1679), H3358 [20JN]

Office of Technology Assessment: reestablish (see H.R. 2148), H3149 [13JN]

Outer Continental Shelf: use of oil and gas production royalties to establish a fund for outdoor conservation and recreation needs (see H.R. 701), H4724 [26JY]

Pensions: provide retirement investment advice to workers managing their retirement income assets (see H.R. 2269), H4429 [23JY]

———reform (see H.R. 10), H927 [14MR]

Power resources: authorizing appropriations for environmental research and development and Dept. of Energy and EPA Office of Air and Radiation energy technology programs, projects, and activities (see H.R. 2460), H4950 [31JY]

Public welfare programs: authorize State use of funds provided under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program to support infant safe haven programs (see H.R. 2018), H5928 [21SE]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 1140), H3068 [12JN]

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

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), H1346 [29MR]

———include additional information in account statements (see H.R. 634), H1410 [3AP]

———modify the deadline for compliance with certain regulations providing for the electronic exchange of health information (see H.R. 1975), H5340 [2AU]

States: permit individuals to operate commercial motor vehicles within State borders after meeting minimum standards (see H.R. 2466), H3960 [11JY]

Taxation: allow a deduction for Federal, State, and local fuel taxes (see H.R. 2025), H2890 [5JN]

———allow credit for dry and wet cleaning equipment that uses non-hazardous primary process solvents (see H.R. 978), H6137 [2OC]

———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), H8133 [13NO]

———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), H3960 [11JY]

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

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

———encourage patronage of the hospitality, restaurant, and entertainment industries of New York, NY (see H.R. 2940), H6057 [25SE]

———encourage stronger mathematics and science programs at elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 102), H224 [7FE]

———expand child tax credit (see H.R. 539), H253 [8FE]

———expand Federal tax refund intercept program for parents delinquent on child support to cover children who are not minors (see H.R. 869), H1489 [4AP]

———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), H6380 [4OC]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain leasehold improvements (see H.R. 1030), H3466 [21JN]

———provide Federal reimbursement to State and local governments for a limited tax holiday (see H.R. 3301), H8248 [15NO]

———provide Federal reimbursement to States for a limited tax holiday (see H.R. 3172), H7852 [6NO]

———provide relief for payment of asbestos-related claims (see H.R. 1412), H3203 [14JN]

———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 estate and gift tax rates (see H.R. 42), H26 [3JA]

———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 excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 236), H167 [31JA]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 122), H400 [14FE]

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

———treatment of certain foreign base company shipping income (see H.R. 3312), H8336 [16NO]

———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see H.R. 840), H8564 [28NO]

Terrorism: improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (see H.R. 3448), H9239 [11DE]

Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1613), H4724 [26JY]

Veterans: increase burial benefits paid for plot allowances and pay States for plot allowances for veterans eligible for burial in a national cemetery who are buried in cemeteries of such States (see H.R. 2123), H5406 [5SE]

———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), H929 [14MR]

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

Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 40), H1114 [22MR]

``Women in Congress, 1870-1989'': authorizing printing (see H. Con. Res. 66), H955 [15MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Correctional institutions: increase monitoring of inmate conversations to detect and deter crimes committed by inmates using Federal telephones (see H.R. 45), H26 [3JA]

Dept. of Energy: University Nuclear Science and Engineering Programs funding (see H.R. 2126), H3066 [12JN]

Education: raise awareness, and create educational programs, concerning eating disorders (see H.R. 46), H26 [3JA]

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

Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: clarify relative to rules of civil procedure (see H.R. 3533), H10909 [19DE]

Family and Medical Leave Act: clarify (see H.R. 2366), H3802 [28JN]

Government: reform and improve Inspector General offices within Federal agencies (see H.R. 44), H26 [3JA]

Homeless: educational assistance for children and youth (see H.R. 623), H394 [14FE]

Judiciary: provide for automatic annual increases in judicial salaries (see H.R. 570), H322 [13FE]

Medicare: combat waste, fraud, and abuse (see H.R. 18), H25 [3JA]

Schools: provide States with funds to support State, regional, and local school construction (see H.R. 1430), H1483 (see H.R. 1430), H1493 [4AP]

Violence Against Women Act: expand legal assistance to victims of dating violence (see H.R. 3193), H7591 [31OC]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H1119 [26MR], H1561 [25AP], H2715 [25MY], H2851 [5JN], H4727 [27JY], H8345 [27NO]

Remarks

Afghanistan: provide educational and health care assistance to women and children (S. 1573), H8349 [27NO]

Breast Cancer Awareness Month: observance, H7286 [24OC]

Brown v. Board of Education 50th Anniversary Commission: establish (H.R. 2133), H3640 [27JN]

California: energy crisis, H3438 [21JN]

Chicago, IL: Coast Guard lakefront marine safety station funding, H2972, H2973 [7JN]

Children and youth: give highest priority to providing assistance, services, and benefits to children who lost parents or guardians in terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H. Con. Res. 228), H8082 [13NO]

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), H4315 [19JY]

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1699), H2972, H2973 [7JN]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3507), H10417 [19DE]

Dept. of Energy: University Nuclear Science and Engineering Programs funding, H5041 [1AU]

———University Nuclear Science and Engineering Programs funding (H.R. 2126), H3028 [12JN], E1080 [12JN]

Dept. of Labor: congressional disapproval of ergonomic regulations (S.J. Res. 6), H688 [7MR]

Dept. of the Interior: establish the Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home National Historic Site (H.R. 400), H8063 [13NO]

Diseases: expand research activities relative to Duchenne muscular dystrophy (H.R. 717), H5958 [24SE]

Education: close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), H2404 [22MY]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 315), H10091 [13DE]

———improve the quality and scope of science and mathematics education, H10091 [13DE]

Employment: provide compensatory time for all employees (H.R. 1982), H2693-H2695 [24MY]

Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: clarify relative to rules of civil procedure (H.R. 3533), E2353 [20DE]

FERC: imposition of caps on electricity rates, H3524 [26JN]

Financial institutions: increase interaccount transfers from business accounts and require the FRS to pay interest on certain reserves (H.R. 974), E593 [24AP]

Higher Education Act: remove limits on Internet course offerings, modify treatment of non-standard term programs, and clarify incentive compensation requirements (H.R. 1992), H6475, H6484 [10OC]

Homeless: educational assistance for children and youth, H2404 [22MY], H10091 [13DE]

———educational assistance for children and youth (H.R. 623), H710 [7MR], E191 [14FE]

Insurance: ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (H.R. 3210), H8602 [29NO]

Judiciary: provide for automatic annual increases in judicial salaries (H.R. 570), H279 [13FE]

Leverson, Dee: Darien, IL, Citizen of the Year award recipient, E98 [1FE]

McDonald's Corp.: National Recycling Coalition Recycling Works Recognition Award recipient, H10175 [18DE]

National Sexual Assault Awareness Month: designate, H987 [20MR]

Pensions: provide retirement investment advice to workers managing their retirement income assets (H.R. 2269), H8202 [15NO]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 4), H5041 [1AU]

———national energy policy, H3438 [21JN], H3627 [27JN]

Schools: provide States with funds to support State, regional, and local school construction (H.R. 1430), E567 [5AP]

Taxation: phase out estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), H1450 [4AP]

———provide tax incentives to enhance long-term care and convene a National Summit on Long-Term Care, H909 [14MR]

———rates (H.R. 3), consideration (H. Res. 83), H750 [8MR]

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), H5533 [11SE]

Treaties and agreements: extend trade negotiating and trade agreement implementing authority, H7312 [25OC]

———extend trade negotiating and trade agreement implementing authority (H.R. 3005), H7857 [7NO], H8751 [4DE], H8847 [5DE]

———extend trade negotiating and trade agreement implementing authority (H.R. 3005), consideration (H. Res. 306), H8976 [6DE]

Vietnam: make normal trade relations status contingent upon free emigration policies (H.J. Res. 55), H4642 [26JY]

Violence Against Women Act: expand legal assistance to victims of dating violence (H.R. 3193), H7559 [31OC]

———funding, H987 [20MR]

Women's History Month: observance, H710 [7MR], H909 [14MR]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H1478 [4AP]

Special order: granted, H198 [6FE], H319 [13FE], H389 [14FE], H646 [6MR], H925 [14MR], H1009 [20MR], H2278 [16MY], H2705 [24MY], H3064 [12JN], H7527 [30OC]

Texts of

H.R. 2126, Dept. of Energy University Nuclear Science and Engineering Act, E1080 [12JN]

Tributes

Kwasneski, Richard, E546 [5AP]

Mink, Representative, E405 [20MR]