WILSON, HEATHER (a Representative from New Mexico)

Amendments

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2620), H4780 [27JY]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 4), H5128 [1AU]

Appointments

Committee To Escort President Vicente Fox of Mexico Into the House Chamber, H5410 [6SE]

House of Representatives Page Board, H1610 [26AP]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

Armed Forces: provide for a Korea Defense Service Medal to be issued to members who participated in Korea after the Korean War (see H.R. 1935), H2570 [22MY]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 179), H112 [30JA]

———revise rules on retirement payments to former spouses (see H.R. 1983), H4014 [16JY]

———tribute to National Guard and Reserve units activated in response to hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H. Res. 287), H8249 [15NO]

Bureau of Reclamation: authorize construction of the Jicarilla Apache Nation Municipal Water Delivery Systems in New Mexico (see H.R. 3223), H7718 [1NO]

CERCLA: exempt small businesses from certain liability (see H.R. 1831), H2182 [15MY]

Commission To Study the Structure and Reauthorization of the FCC: establish (see H.R. 646), H395 [14FE]

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]

Crime: provide incentives for States to enact mandatory minimum sentences for certain firearms offenses (see H.R. 534), H2571 [22MY]

Dept. of Defense: equitable retirement for military Reserve technicians covered under FERS or CSRS (see H.R. 2012), H2846 [25MY]

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

Dept. of HHS: establish an Office on Men's Health (see H.R. 632), H394 [14FE]

———provide grants to communities to strengthen the effectiveness, efficiency, and coordination of services for the uninsured and underinsured (see H.R. 504), H1061 [21MR]

Dept. of HUD: increase mortgage loan limits for multifamily housing mortgage insurance (see H.R. 1629), H5704 [14SE]

Dept. of Justice: establish the Violence Against Women Office (see H.R. 28), H1410 [3AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify compensation standards for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans suffering from certain undiagnosed illnesses (see H.R. 612), H3150 [13JN]

Disasters: ensure continuity of medical care following a major disaster by making private for-profit medical facilities eligible for Federal disaster assistance (see H.R. 3239), H7852 [6NO]

Diseases: eliminate tuberculosis (see H.R. 1167), H1112 [22MR]

———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), H6056 [25SE]

———international tuberculosis control (see H.R. 1168), H1112 [22MR]

Education: improve and refocus civic education (see H.R. 611), H3068 [12JN]

Election Administration Commission: establish (see H.R. 263), H109 [30JA]

Employment: provide compensatory time for all employees (see H.R. 1982), H3068 [12JN]

EPA: establish a grant program to support research on critical infrastructure protection for water supply systems (see H.R. 3178), H7528 [30OC]

Federal Land Policy and Management Act: clarify method to determine fair market value of rights-of-way to prevent unreasonable increases in deployment costs of critical infrastructure (see H.R. 3258), H10355 [18DE]

Federal Prison Industries: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (see H.R. 1577), H5339 [2AU]

Financial institutions: 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), H10967 [20DE]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 36), H876 [13MR]

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

Gambling: prohibit gambling on high school and college sports and the Olympic games (see H.R. 1110), H4113 [17JY]

Housing: provide affordability and ensure a competitive North American market for softwood lumber (see H. Con. Res. 45), H1558 [24AP]

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

Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H2956 [6JN]

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]

———delay changes in regulations that modify upper payment limit for non-State government-owned or operated hospitals (see H.R. 3360), H10910 [19DE]

———provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 600), H508 [28FE]

———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see H.R. 1604), H1658 [26AP]

Medicare: coverage for surgical first assisting services of certified registered nurse first assistants (see H.R. 822), H1925 [3MY]

———eliminate reduction in payment rates under the prospective payment system for home health services and increase payments for such services in rural areas (see H.R. 975), H1191 [27MR]

———reimbursement for chiropractic services (see H.R. 902), H6137 [2OC]

———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]

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

National 4-H Council: centennial of 4-H Youth Development Program (see H. Res. 112), H1409 [3AP]

Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act: reauthorizing (see H.R. 1873), H2571 [22MY]

New Mexico: require the valuation of nontribal interest ownership of subsurface rights within the boundaries of the Acoma Indian Reservation (see H.R. 1913), H5616 [13SE]

Nuclear energy: ensure continued contribution to the U.S. electricity supply (see H.R. 1679), H1860 [2MY]

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), H6702 [11OC]

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), H7718 [1NO]

Schools: allow display of the words ``God Bless America'' in public schools (see H. Con. Res. 248), H6780 [12OC]

Social Security: computation system for benefits relative to spouses' or surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 664), H650 [6MR]

Taxation: allow qualified technological equipment and computer software to be expensed (see H.R. 1411), H1482 (see H.R. 1411), H1492 [4AP]

———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), H2334 [17MY]

———encourage contributions of capital gain real property for conservation purposes and qualified conservation contributions, and modify rules on estate tax exclusion for certain land (see H.R. 1309), H1344 [29MR]

———first-time homebuyers tax credit (see H.R. 1773), H5616 [13SE]

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

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

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

———provide tax and other incentives to maintain a vibrant travel and tourism industry, to keep working people working, and to stimulate economic growth (see H.R. 3041), H6379 [4OC]

———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), H1660 [26AP]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 122), H1717 [1MY]

———treatment of depreciation of computers and other technological equipment, software, and certain auction-acquired telecommunications licenses (see H.R. 2981), H6260 [3OC]

———treatment of expenses in connection with services as a member of a Reserve component of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 968), H1013 [20MR]

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]

———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), H6781 [12OC]

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), H3261 [19JN]

———increase educational benefits under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 1291), H1343 [29MR]

———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 548), H1557 [24AP]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H877 [13MR]

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), H1558 [24AP]

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 668), H4113 [17JY]

Women: promote research and disseminate information on the health effects of breast implants and encourage FDA review of implant manufacturers (see H.R. 1961), H3961 [11JY]

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

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), H1114 [22MR]

———provide additional compensation to Armed Forces members and U.S. civilian employees who performed slave labor for Japan (see H.R. 2835), H10055 [12DE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Computers: regulate the transmission of unsolicited commercial electronic mail (see H.R. 718), H398 [14FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a national cemetery for veterans in the Albuquerque, NM, area (see H.R. 2092), H2956 [6JN]

Education: make scholarships available to certain exceptional individuals to encourage them to pursue teaching careers or to improve their teaching skills (see H.R. 1742), H1928 [7MY]

Medicaid: provide public access to quality medical imaging procedures and radiation therapy procedures (see H.R. 1011), H876 [13MR]

National Importance of Health Care Coverage Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 271), H8248 [15NO]

Nuclear energy: extend indemnification authority for damages from nuclear incidents (see H.R. 2983), H6135 [2OC]

Power resources: decrease energy costs, increase electric system reliability, and provide environmental improvements through rapid deployment of distributed energy resources (see H.R. 1045), H953 [15MR]

Safe Drinking Water Act: assist small communities with achieving or maintaining compliance with drinking water standards (see H.R. 3224), H7718 [1NO]

Taxation: extend research and development tax credit (see H.R. 1137), H1012 [20MR]

Lists

Congressional Certificate of Merit award recipients, E1071 [12JN]

Remarks

Albuquerque, NM: tribute to opening of the Roy E. Disney Center for the Performing Arts at the National Hispanic Cultural Center, E472 [28MR]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations (H.R. 2216), consideration (H. Res. 171), H3283 [20JN]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, H5155 [1AU]

———use Federal share of oil and gas leasing royalties for the Renewable Energy Technology Fund and the Royalties Conservation Fund, H5153 [1AU]

Artistic Homes (business): tribute to energy conservation efforts, H3526 [26JN]

Bueno Foods (business): anniversary, E804 [15MY]

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorize use of the rotunda for a ceremony to present Congressional Gold Medals to the original Navajo Code Talkers (H. Con. Res. 174), H3826 [10JY]

Capitol Pages: tribute, H2977 [7JN]

CERCLA: provide relief for small businesses from certain liability, promote cleanup, reuse, and revitalization of brownfields, and enhance State response programs (H.R. 2869), H10904 [19DE]

China, People's Republic of: release of Navy reconnaissance plane crew members that made emergency landing, H1465 [4AP]

———U.S. policy, H1465 [4AP]

Congress: accomplishments of the 107th Congress, H10143, H10146, H10148 [13DE]

Dept. of Defense: antiterrorism initiatives funding, H6027 [25SE]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 2586), H6027 [25SE]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1438), H10075 [13DE]

Dept. of Energy: prevent the commercial sale of uranium by the Government except for sales required by statute, H5129, H5130 [1AU]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2620), H4744, H4749 [27JY]

Diseases: international tuberculosis control funding through reductions in Asian Development Fund and Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency funding, H4482 [24JY]

Education: close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), conference report, H10143 [13DE]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), consideration (H. Res. 143), H2301 [17MY]

———provide grants to expand public school choice and assist charter schools with start-up costs and incentives for States to provide per pupil facilities funding programs, H2301 [17MY]

———tribute to Catholic schools (H. Res. 28), H185 [6FE]

Eighth Air Force Historical Society: tribute, E1833 [9OC]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2311), H3670 [27JN]

EPA: establish a grant program to support research on critical infrastructure protection for water supply systems (H.R. 3178), H10191 [18DE]

———prohibit use of funds to delay implementation of revised drinking water standards for arsenic, H4744, H4749 [27JY]

FERC: imposition of caps on electricity rates, H3283 [20JN]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2506), H4482 [24JY]

Hampton, Fred: Junior Achievement Inc., National Volunteer Award of Excellence recipient, E1266 [29JN]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2883), H6392 [5OC]

Motor vehicles: average fuel economy standards for sport utility vehicles and other light trucks, H5118 [1AU]

New Mexico: recognition of individuals for community service efforts, E460 [27MR]

———tribute to Congressional Certificate of Merit award recipients, E1071 [12JN]

Nuclear energy: extend indemnification authority for damages from nuclear incidents (H.R. 2983), H8361 [27NO]

———require nuclear power companies to attempt to acquire commercial insurance prior to allocating Federal subsidies, H8361 [27NO]

Persian Gulf Conflict: tribute to soldiers killed by Iraqi missile attack during Operation Desert Storm and support for effective theater missile defense programs (H. Con. Res. 39), E330 [8MR]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 4), H4970 [31JY], H4994, H5118, H5129, H5130, H5153, H5155 [1AU]

———national energy policy, H3265, H3350, H3353 [20JN], H3526, H3604, H3605, H3606, H3607, H3608 [26JN], H3626 [27JN], H3872 [11JY], H4970 [31JY]

———provide secure energy supplies (H.R. 2436), H10146 [13DE]

———renewable energy funding through reductions in Dept. of Energy missile program funding, H3670 [27JN]

Safe Drinking Water Act: assist small communities with achieving or maintaining compliance with drinking water standards (H.R. 3224), E1991 [2NO]

Taxation: provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), H10144 [13DE], H10227, H10228, H10229, H10230, H10231 [18DE], E1925 [25OC]

———treatment of compensation for damages arising from the prescribed burn on the Bandelier National Monument, E326 [8MR]

Terrorism: improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (H.R. 3448), H9214, H9232-H9234 [11DE]

Treaties and agreements: extend trade negotiating and trade agreement implementing authority (H.R. 3005), H10146 [13DE]

U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce: tribute (H. Con. Res. 277), H8766 [4DE]

Weems Galleries and Framing (business): anniversary, E475 [28MR]

Women's History Month: observance, E460 [27MR], E491 [29MR]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H1478 [4AP], H6456 [9OC]

Special order: granted, H1186 [27MR]

Statements

Tribute to Virginia Eubanks, E491 [29MR]

Tributes

Knipfing, Dick, E999 [5JN]

McDaniel, Vivian Kimberly (Kim), E1001 [5JN]