FLAKE, JEFF (a Representative from Arizona)

Amendments

Budget: revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), H1240 [28MR]

Dept. of State: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1646), H2226 [16MY]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2590), H4429 [23JY], H4599 [25JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Appropriations: constitutional amendment on line-item veto (see H.J. Res. 23), H507 [28FE]

Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 179), H400 [14FE]

Aung San Suu Kyi: anniversary of Nobel Peace Prize (see H. Con. Res. 211), H6702 [11OC]

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

Budget: sequestration of Federal spending relative to gross domestic product (see H.R. 1521), H1498 [4AP]

Burma: U.S. policy (see H. Con. Res. 211), H6702 [11OC]

China, People's Republic of: improve human rights situation before Olympic games are held in Beijing (see H. Con. Res. 73), H1926 [3MY]

———improve human rights situation before Olympic games are held in Beijing, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H. Con. Res. 73), H5929 [21SE]

China, Republic of: participation in WHO (see H.R. 428), H1116 [22MR]

Computers: regulate the transmission of unsolicited commercial electronic mail (see H.R. 718), H1116 [22MR]

Congress: specify source of constitutional authority for the enactment of legislation (see H.R. 175), H254 [8FE]

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: appoint Assistant U.S. Attorney for each judicial district to prosecute firearms offenses (see H.R. 2537), H4112 [17JY]

———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]

Cuba: lift trade embargo (see H.R. 2662), H4950 [31JY]

Davis-Bacon Act: waive requirements relative to contracts for school and library construction and repair (see H.R. 331), H9077 [6DE]

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

Dept. of Commerce: establish certain procedures for exports of commercial satellites and related items (see H.R. 1707), H2281 [16MY]

Dept. of Education: prohibit funding for national teacher testing or certification and the withholding of funds to States or local agencies that fail to adopt specific certification proposals (see H.R. 966), H1605 [25AP]

Dept. of HHS: disapprove rule relative to confidentiality of medical records and health care-related information (see H.J. Res. 38), H1606 [25AP]

Dept. of the Treasury: prohibit use of surplus funds to make any investment in securities, other than Government and municipal securities (see H.R. 2132), H3066 [12JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish uniformity in fees charged qualifying members of the Selected Reserve and active duty veterans for guaranteed home loans (see H.R. 2095), H3358 [20JN]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: change due date for corporate estimated taxes (see H.R. 2825), H5338 [2AU]

———make tax benefits permanent (see H.R. 2316), H4541 [24JY] (see H.R. 2327), H3864 [10JY]

Ecuador: condemn kidnapping and murder of individuals by terrorists and support U.S. efforts to combat such terrorism (see H. Con. Res. 89), H4353 [19JY]

Education: allow home school students who are eligible for enrollment in the overseas defense dependents' education system to use auxiliary services of system schools (see H.R. 830), H622 [1MR]

Federal agencies and departments: review of efficiency and need for certain agencies (see H.R. 2373), H3802 [28JN]

Firearms: protect and enforce the right to obtain and use firearms for security, self-defense, and other legitimate purposes (see H.R. 31), H2334 [17MY]

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

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]

Food: improve cooperation and eliminate duplication between the Depts. of Agriculture and HHS in the area of food safety inspection (see H. Con. Res. 258), H7718 [1NO]

Foreign policy: impose sanctions on the PLO, or the Palestinian Authority, if the President determines that these entities have not complied with certain commitments (see H.R. 1795), H4113 [17JY]

Foreign trade: encourage full participation in the Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum (see H. Con. Res. 194), H5407 [5SE]

———export controls on certain high-speed computers (see H.R. 1553), H1555 [24AP]

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

———provide export control authority (see H.R. 2557), H4216 [18JY] (see H.R. 2568), H4352 [19JY]

Government: preserve open competition and neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal Government contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects (see H.R. 2055), H3466 [21JN]

House Rules: provide that the gift rule covers Members-elect (see H. Res. 73), H507 [28FE]

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

Immigration: ensure no alien is removed, denied benefits, or otherwise deprived of liberty, based on evidence that is kept secret from the alien (see H.R. 1266), H1605 [25AP]

———Federal reimbursement for indirect costs of incarcerating illegal aliens and for emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens (see H.R. 823), H622 [1MR]

———improve procedures relative to the admission to, and departure from the U.S. (see H.R. 3077), H6504 [10OC]

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]

Iraq: U.N. mandated monitoring of weapons development (see H.J. Res. 75), H9240 [11DE]

Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (see H. Con. Res. 280), H8842 [4DE]

———relocate U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem (see H. Con. Res. 30), H742 [7MR]

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

Languages: repeal Executive order on providing access to Federal programs and activities for persons with limited English proficiency (see H.R. 969), H827 [8MR]

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), H1925 [3MY]

Members of Congress: treatment of gifts to Members-elect (see H.R. 787), H506 [28FE]

Minimum wage: provide an exemption to States which adopt certain minimum wage laws (see H.R. 1441), H1605 [25AP]

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

NATO: recommend the integration of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (see H. Con. Res. 116), H2713 [24MY]

Pensions: reform (see H.R. 10), H1190 [27MR]

Persian Gulf Conflict: provide compensation to the U.S. Government and individuals who suffered damages as a result of the attack on Kuwait by Iraq (see H.R. 1632), H1659 [26AP]

Peru: congratulate President-elect Alejandro Toledo on his election, congratulate the people for the return of democracy, and express sympathy for earthquake victims (see H. Res. 181), H3712 [27JN]

———tribute to individuals injured or killed in missionary aircraft mistakenly shot down by a Peruvian fighter jet (see H. Con. Res. 117), H1716 [1MY]

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

Power resources: establish and implement competitive, environmentally sound, and job creating oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (see H.R. 39), H443 [27FE]

Privacy: prohibit the establishment of any uniform national health care identifying number or health information database (see H.R. 2615), H4725 [26JY]

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

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see H.R. 2505), H4429 [23JY]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 1774), H3203 [14JN]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds (see H.R. 373), H165 [31JA]

———eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 1731), H2712 [24MY]

———include additional information in account statements (see H.R. 634), H741 [7MR]

———modify the deadline for compliance with certain regulations providing for the electronic exchange of health information (see H.R. 1975), H3863 [10JY]

Taxation: allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance and establish State health insurance safety-net programs (see H.R. 1331), H8746 [30NO]

———constitutional amendment to abolish personal income, estate, and gift taxes and to prohibit the Government from engaging in business in competition with its citizens (see H.J. Res. 45), H3151 [13JN]

———constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (see H.J. Res. 41), H1490 [4AP]

———exclusion of gain from the sale of farmland (see H.R. 294), H325 [13FE]

———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see H.R. 1675), H3203 [14JN]

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

———permit churches and other houses of worship to engage in political campaigns (see H.R. 2357), H7592 [31OC]

———provide tax credit for educational expenses incurred in attending public or private elementary and secondary schools and in homeschooling (see H.R. 257), H2712 [24MY]

———rates (see H.R. 1018), H927 [14MR]

———reduce capital gains rates and index the basis of certain assets (see H.R. 15), H1488 [4AP]

———reduce individual capital gains rates (see H.R. 1342), H1605 [25AP]

———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), H929 [14MR]

———repeal increases in motor fuel taxes (see H.R. 1694), H3358 [20JN]

———repeal limitation on the use of foreign tax credits under the alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 1600), H3203 [14JN]

———restore awareness of the cost of government by eliminating the withholding of income taxes by employers and requiring individuals to pay income taxes in monthly installments (see H.R. 1364), H3151 [13JN]

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

Terrorism: deter and punish terrorist acts and enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (see H.R. 2975), H6135 [2OC]

———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), H3961 [11JY]

U.N.: transfer of evidence to the Israeli Government concerning the abduction of Israeli Defense Force soldiers by Hezbollah forces (see H. Res. 191), H4541 [24JY]

Victims of Crime Fund: ensure that amounts are fully obligated (see H.R. 1092), H959 [19MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

al-Assad, Bashar: condemn anti-Semitic remarks relative to Israel (see H. Con. Res. 133), H2184 [15MY]

Arms Export Control Act: update export licensing requirements (see H.R. 1898), H2333 [17MY]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: provide retroactive implementation and repeal sunset on individual income tax rate reductions (see H.R. 3050), H6421 [5OC]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: eliminate the funding limitation applicable to grants for special alternative instructional programs (see H.R. 637), H394 [14FE]

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

House Rules: prohibit the inclusion in any legislation of any provision which makes a decrease in Federal income taxes contingent upon another event or circumstance (see H. Res. 123), H1605 [25AP]

Motor vehicles: prohibit operation with drugs or alcohol in the body of the driver at a land border port of entry (see H.R. 2155), H3149 [13JN]

Office of Homeland Security: establish Internet site for individuals to report suspicious activities to be used by the FBI or other Government entities in the war on terrorism or to protect homeland security (see H.R. 3353), H8420 [27NO]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H7219 [24OC]

Remarks

Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), H6334 [4OC]

———price supports for sugar, H6334 [4OC]

al-Assad, Bashar: condemn anti-Semitic remarks relative to Israel, H2231 [16MY]

Albania: elections, E1175 [21JN]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations (H.R. 2216), H3338 [20JN]

Arizona Diamondbacks (baseball team): tribute, H7878 [7NO]

Aviation: preserve the continued viability of the U.S. air transportation system (H.R. 2926), H7312 [25OC]

———preserve the continued viability of the U.S. air transportation system (H.R. 2926), consideration (H. Res. 244), H5888 [21SE]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (H.R. 333), H525 [1MR]

Budget: revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), H1245, H1247, H1249, H1250 [28MR]

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]

Comfort the Kids (organization): tribute to project providing comfort quilts to children of terrorist attacks victims, H9245 [12DE]

Cuba: lift travel restrictions, H4599, H4603, H4604 [25JY], H7543 [31OC]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 2586), H5776, H5777 [20SE]

———B-1 bomber funding, H5776, H5777 [20SE]

Dept. of Labor: congressional disapproval of ergonomic regulations (S.J. Res. 6), H696 [7MR]

Dept. of State: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1646), H2231 [16MY]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2590), H4599, H4603, H4604 [25JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2590), conference report, H7543 [31OC]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2620), consideration (H. Res. 210), H4658 [26JY]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments, H8639, H8641 [29NO]

FEMA: funding through reductions in non-defense allocations, H3338 [20JN]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: funding, H1247 [28MR]

Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (H. Con. Res. 280), H8870 [5DE]

Law enforcement: improve security at U.S. borders (H.R. 3525), H10474 [19DE]

Taxation: constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (H.J. Res. 41), H1573 [25AP]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), H7221 [24OC], H8639, H8641 [29NO]

———rates, H8639, H8641 [29NO]

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), H5553 [11SE]

———deter and punish terrorist acts and enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (H.R. 2975), consideration (H. Res. 264), H6714 [12OC]

———economic impact of hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, H5888 [21SE]

Votes: position on missed, H8315 [16NO], E2246 [10DE]

Zimbabwe: support democratic transition and economic recovery (S. 494), H8760 [4DE]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H3858 [10JY]

Resignations

Committee on Government Reform (House), H228 [8FE]

Tributes

Mariner, Mike, H1356 [3AP]