POMBO, RICHARD W. (a Representative from California)

Amendments

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2217), H3382 [21JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: terminate Federal milk price support and supply management programs and grant congressional consent to cooperative efforts by States to manage prices and supply (see H.R. 3264), H7959 [8NO]

Air pollution: application of California State regulations relative to reformulated gasoline in certain areas (see H.R. 2270), H3464 [21JN]

Armed Forces: provide retirees all benefits promised to them upon enlistment (see H.R. 51), H1060 [21MR]

Augustus F. Hawkins Post Office Building, Los Angeles, CA: designate (see H.R. 2578), H7128 [17OC]

Aviation: improve security (see H.R. 3150), H7127 [17OC]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (see H.R. 333), H412 [26FE]

California: implement program to increase water yield and environmental benefits, improve water system reliability, quality, use efficiency, watershed management, water transfers, and levee protection (see H.R. 1985), H2709 [24MY]

Cargo transportation: require inspection of all cargo on commercial trucks and vessels entering the U.S. (see H.R. 2960), H6055 [25SE]

Children and youth: establish an international infant and child nutrition and education program (see H.R. 1700), H2890 [5JN]

———protect infants who are born alive (see H.R. 2175), H3201 [14JN]

Congressman Julian C. Dixon Post Office Building, Los Angeles, CA: designate (see H.R. 2454), H5340 [2AU]

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 1701), H3203 [14JN]

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]

———prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 476), H221 [7FE]

Cuba: assist internal opposition and further help the Cuban people to regain their freedom (see H.R. 1271), H1294 [28MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: make grants to assist low and moderate income individuals to finance construction, refurbishing, and servicing of household water well systems in rural areas (see H.R. 626), H2998 [7JN]

Dept. of Justice: identify organizations that recruit juveniles to participate in violent and illegal activities relative to the environment or animal rights and assist States to prevent such participation (see H.R. 1847), H3863 [10JY]

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]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make tax benefits permanent (see H.R. 2316), H5456 [6SE]

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

Firearms: protect manufacturers and sellers in the firearms and ammunition industry from restrictions on interstate or foreign commerce (see H.R. 2037), H2999 [7JN]

Fish and fishing: efforts to rehabilitate salmon stocks in the Pacific Northwest (see H.R. 1157), H1060 [21MR]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 36), H2890 [5JN]

Food Security Act: expand conservation reserve (see H.R. 1082), H954 [15MR]

Freedom of religion: constitutional amendment on protection (see H.J. Res. 81), H10966 [20DE]

Health: sustain access to vital emergency medical services in rural areas (see H.R. 1353), H5339 [2AU]

Hector G. Godinez Post Office Building, Santa Ana, CA: designate (see H.R. 1366), H2335 [17MY]

Homeless: educational assistance for children and youth (see H.R. 825), H622 [1MR]

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

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]

Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H112 [30JA]

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

Mexico: require safety inspections on trucks crossing into the U.S. (see H.R. 677), H3863 [10JY]

National Apprenticeship Act: ensure that apprenticeship program applications are processed in a fair and timely manner (see H.R. 1950), H3961 [11JY]

National Trails System Act: clarify Federal authority relative to land acquisition from willing sellers for the majority of trails (see H.R. 834), H622 [1MR]

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

Power resources: allow any business or individual in any State experiencing a power emergency to operate any type of power generation available to ensure their economic stability (see H.R. 1075), H954 [15MR] (see H.R. 1874), H2280 [16MY]

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

Public Health Service Act: establish scholarship and loan repayment programs in veterinarian shortage areas (see H.R. 1943), H2570 [22MY]

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]

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

———use State and private sector initiatives to provide for the competitive operation of Northeast rail corridor and Autotrain (see H.R. 3591), H10965 [20DE]

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

Safe Drinking Water Act: provide grants to small public drinking water systems (see H.R. 1178), H8248 [15NO]

Santee, CA: shooting of students at Santana High School (see H. Con. Res. 57), H827 [8MR]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see H.R. 1644), H2571 [22MY]

Sprague River: conduct a study of the feasibility of providing adequate upstream and downstream passage for fish at the Chiloquin Dam in Oregon (see H.R. 2585), H4378 [20JY]

Taxation: clarify application of the excise tax imposed on bows and arrows (see H.R. 2001), H3151 [13JN]

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

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

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see H.R. 1552), H6458 [9OC]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 267), H109 [30JA]

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

———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see H.R. 1675), H6458 [9OC]

———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (see H.R. 2143), H3067 [12JN]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain restaurant buildings (see H.R. 826), H4428 [23JY]

———provide relief for payment of asbestos-related claims (see H.R. 1412), H1861 [2MY]

———rates (see H.R. 445), H828 [8MR]

———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 motor fuel excise taxes which remain in the general fund of the Treasury on railroads and inland waterway transportation (see H.R. 1024), H3203 [14JN]

———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 622), H1346 [29MR]

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

———treatment of distilled spirits (see H.R. 2023), H4113 [17JY]

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), H5928 [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), H8249 [15NO]

U.N.: terminate U.S. membership (see H.R. 1146), H1059 [21MR]

Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H2889 [5JN]

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), H4353 [19JY]

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), H1346 [29MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Clean Air Act: prohibit the use of certain fuel additives including methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) in reformulated gasoline (see H.R. 1695), H1923 [3MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: consolidate and revise authority on animal health protection (see H.R. 2002), H2710 [24MY]

———require report on effects of methyl bromide on the ozone layer prior to implementing certain reductions on production and consumption (see H.R. 2084), H2955 [6JN]

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

Taxation: repeal increases in motor fuel taxes (see H.R. 1694), H1923 [3MY]

Water: prohibit use of Federal funds for any program that restricts the use of any privately owned water source (see H.R. 937), H825 [8MR]

Letters

U.S. policy on sustainable use of wildlife and marine species: by, E892, E893 [22MY]

Remarks

Agriculture: conservation programs funding, H6319 [4OC]

———consideration of Class I milk price differentials in calculating price supports for dairy products, H6361, H6362 [4OC]

———continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), H6319, H6347, H6353, H6355, H6359, H6360, H6361, H6362 [4OC]

———impact of dairy compacts, H6360 [4OC]

———increase volume limit on milk for which producers may receive price support benefits, H6359 [4OC]

———price supports for dairy products, H6359, H6360, H6361, H6362 [4OC]

———require labeling of country of origin of imported perishable agricultural commodities, H6353, H6355 [4OC]

———tribute to success of poultry trade with Mexico, E473 [28MR]

Alliance for America: tribute, E1377 [20JY]

California: San Joaquin River Banta-Carbona Irrigation District project funding, H3659 [27JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish a conservation corridor program, H6347 [4OC]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2217), H3382 [21JN]

Ecology and environment: U.S. policy on sustainable use of wildlife and marine species, E892 [22MY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2311), H3659 [27JN]

Financial institutions: Headwaters Forest acquisition plan initiated by the FDIC and the OTS, E1123 [14JN]

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), H5584 [11SE]

Tracy, CA: Banta-Carbona Irrigation District Fish Screen Project funding, H3382 [21JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H2884 [5JN]

Reports

Headwaters Forest Acquisition Plan Initiated by the FDIC and the OTS: Committee on Resources (House), E1123-E1136 [14JN]

Resolutions by organizations

Marine Mammal Protection Act: Alliance for America, E1377 [20JY]

Renewable whale resources: Alliance for America, E1377 [20JY]