SCHAFFER, BOB (a Representative from Colorado)

Addresses

Economic Expansion in Gombe State, Nigeria: Alhaji Abubakar Habu Hashidu, Governor of Gombe State, E1030 [6JN]

Amendments

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3061), H6654 [11OC]

Articles and editorials

Faulk Selected as 2001 National Coca-Cola Scholar, Julesburg (CO) Advocate, E1808 [5OC]

GOP Activist Susan Wadhams Dies at Age 55, Lynn Bartels and Michele Ames, Denver (CO) Rocky Mountain News, E1237 [27JN]

State Figure Susan Wadhams Dies, Fred Brown and Theo Stein, Denver (CO) Post, E1237 [27JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: establish a flexible fallow program under which farmers can devote a portion of acreage to conservation use and receive a higher loan rate on their remaining crop production (see H.R. 32), H25 [3JA]

———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), H258 [12FE]

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), H4428 [23JY]

Animals: increase the availability of drugs for minor species and rare diseases in all animals (see H.R. 1956), H5488 [10SE]

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

Armed Forces: increase basic pay (see H.R. 298), H1346 [29MR]

———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), H2709 [24MY]

Army: prohibit the purchasing, issuing, or wearing of berets as standard headgear until certification that the ammunition shortfall has been eliminated (see H.R. 1770), H2388 [21MY]

Aviation: clarify that State attorneys general may enforce consumer protection laws relative to air transportation (see H.R. 711), H398 [14FE]

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

———provide for safety of U.S. aviation and suppression of terrorism (see H.R. 2896), H6260 [3OC]

Bankruptcy: extend reenactment period for chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers (see H.R. 256), H412 [26FE]

———permanently reenact chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers (see H.R. 188), H412 [26FE]

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

———establish 2-year cycle (see H.R. 981), H875 [13MR]

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

Children and youth: improve academic and social outcomes for students by providing productive activities during after-school hours (see H.R. 1822), H5928 [21SE]

China, People's Republic of: improve human rights situation before Olympic games are held in Beijing (see H. Con. Res. 73), H1060 [21MR]

———persecution of Falun Gong practitioners (see H. Con. Res. 188), H6057 [25SE]

———U.S. policy review (see H. Con. Res. 121), H3069 [12JN]

China, Republic of: endorse and obtain observer status at the World Health Assembly summit in Switzerland (see H.R. 2739), H6702 [11OC]

Civil rights: limit attorneys' fees in certain civil rights cases (see H.R. 3319), H8337 [16NO]

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]

Colorado: authorize contracts for use of excess storage and conveyance capacity and conduct studies for enlargement of certain Fryingpan-Arkansas Project water resource areas (see H.R. 1714), H1923 [3MY]

———tribute to Civil Air Patrol (see H. Res. 215), H4862 [30JY]

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

Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to officers, emergency personnel, and governmental employees who responded to the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center (see H.R. 3054), H8949 [5DE]

———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]

Contracts: prohibit discrimination in awarding Federal contracts on the basis of labor policies (see H.R. 99), H254 [8FE]

Corporations: encourage contributions to faith-based organizations (see H. Con. Res. 170), H3358 [20JN]

Courts: product liability reform (see H.R. 1966), H2678 [23MY]

Crime: increase penalties for bringing in and harboring certain aliens (see H.R. 993), H1489 [4AP]

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

———protect unborn victims of violence (see H.R. 503), H222 [7FE]

Davis-Bacon Act: waive requirements relative to contracts for school and library construction and repair (see H.R. 331), H4634 [25JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: agricultural trade programs funding (see H.R. 98), H1660 [26AP]

———consolidate and revise authority on animal health protection (see H.R. 2002), H6505 [10OC]

———extend and expand conservation programs (see H.R. 1938), H2713 [24MY]

———provide emergency crop loss assistance to respond to economic losses incurred by crop producers, livestock and poultry producers, and greenhouse operators as a result of the increase in energy prices (see H.R. 396), H650 [6MR]

———provide flexibility to help developing countries and move surplus commodities from the U.S. (see H.R. 229), H1295 [28MR]

Dept. of HHS: disapprove rule relative to confidentiality of medical records and health care-related information (see H.J. Res. 38), H1117 [22MR]

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

Dept. of Labor: congressional disapproval of ergonomic regulations (see H.J. Res. 35), H740 [7MR]

———establish voluntary protection programs (see H.R. 2235), H6056 [25SE]

———impose limitations on the wage that an employer is required to pay an H-2A nonimmigrant agricultural worker (see H.R. 2457), H6056 [25SE]

Dept. of the Interior: dispose of all BLM administered public lands that have been identified for disposal under the Federal land use planning process (see H.R. 1174), H1605 [25AP]

———provide assistance through States to eligible weed management entities to control or eradicate harmful, nonnative weeds (see H.R. 1462), H1558 [24AP]

Dept. of the Treasury: include certain parts of the Constitution in the redesign of Federal reserve notes (see H.R. 1021), H5339 [2AU]

———instruct the IMF to oppose loans to countries restricting oil production to the detriment of the U.S. economy (see H.R. 1688), H1860 [2MY]

Dept. of Transportation: establish a grant program for the rehabilitation, preservation, or improvement of railroad track (see H.R. 1020), H2334 [17MY]

———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), H508 [28FE]

———dispense medications to veterans for prescriptions written by private practitioners (see H.R. 1136), H1012 [20MR]

———limit amount of time veterans must wait to get a doctor's appointment at veterans clinics (see H.R. 435), H444 [27FE]

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), H877 [13MR]

———extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 2725), H5488 [10SE]

District of Columbia: prohibit use of funds to issue, implement, administer, or enforce any order that invalidates the Boy Scouts policy on homosexuality (see H.R. 2390), H3803 [28JN]

Ecology and environment: provide that no permit shall be required for animal feeding operations within State boundaries if the State has implemented a nutrient management program for such operations (see H.R. 1138), H1558 [24AP]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: change due date for corporate estimated taxes (see H.R. 2825), H5616 [13SE]

———make tax benefits permanent (see H.R. 2316), H4949 [31JY] (see H.R. 2327), H3711 [27JN]

———provide retroactive implementation and repeal sunset on individual income tax rate reductions (see H.R. 3050), H6702 [11OC]

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]

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

———provide safer schools and a better educational environment (see H.R. 1103), H1010 [20MR]

———require parental notification and consent before enrollment of a child in a bilingual education or special alternative instructional language program (see H.R. 385), H224 [7FE]

———spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on children's classrooms (see H.R. 1944), H2680 [23MY]

Employment: protect employer rights by not allowing professional union organizers to compel employers to force employees to pay union dues as a condition of employment (see H.R. 2800), H6056 [25SE]

English language: reaffirm as official language of U.S., establish uniform English language rule for naturalization, and avoid misconstructions of English language texts of U.S. laws (see H.R. 1984), H8842 [4DE]

FAA: relax maximum age requirements for certain pilots (see H.R. 448), H1664 [27AP]

Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: reform relative to liability for noncompliance (see H.R. 2014), H5340 [2AU]

Families and domestic relations: require certain family planning projects and programs provide pamphlets containing adoption center contact information (see H.R. 3006), H7718 [1NO]

Family and Medical Leave Act: clarify (see H.R. 2366), H4949 [31JY]

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

———use of surplus administrative funds for personnel pay bonuses and deficit reduction (see H.R. 497), H741 [7MR]

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 Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend relative to clinically superior modifications to previously approved or licensed drugs (see H.R. 386), H444 [27FE]

Federal Prison Industries: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (see H.R. 1577), H2849 [25MY]

FEMA: develop a plan for stockpiling potassium iodide tablets in areas near nuclear powerplants (see H.R. 783), H1489 [4AP]

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), H10910 [19DE]

Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 950), H826 [8MR]

———prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see H.R. 123), H167 [31JA]

———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), H2847 [25MY]

———protect right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 1460, 1460), H3207 [18JN]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 36), H1558 [24AP]

———prohibit any U.S. department or agency from transferring funds to any individual or entity that prohibits the display of the U.S. flag (see H.R. 3201), H8133 [13NO]

Food: consumer access to information on the health benefits of foods and dietary supplements (see H.R. 2265), H5488 [10SE]

Food Security Act: authorize enrollment of land in the Wetlands Reserve Program (see H.R. 1506), H1497 [4AP]

Foreign aid: prohibit application of certain restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental and multilateral organizations (see H.R. 755), H741 [7MR]

Foreign countries: increase cooperation on extradition efforts (see H.R. 2574), H8843 [4DE]

Foreign trade: implement an importation requirement system for diamonds (see H.R. 2722), H5333 [2AU]

———prohibit importation of diamonds unless the countries exporting the diamonds have in place certain controls to verify the source of the diamonds (see H.R. 918), H1925 [3MY]

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

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

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), H3204 [14JN]

———require Congress and the President to fulfill their constitutional duty to take personal responsibility for Federal laws (see H.R. 105), H167 [31JA]

Health: limit medical malpractice claims (see H.R. 1639), H1659 [26AP]

———reduce paperwork and improve payment policies for services, and prevent fraud and abuse through health care provider education (see H.R. 1128), H1489 [4AP]

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), H4217 [18JY]

Housing: analyze potential impacts of rules proposed by certain agencies (see H.R. 2753), H5334 [2AU]

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

Hunting and trapping: recognize importance of hunting relative to wildlife resource management (see H. Con. Res. 44), H4950 [31JY]

Immigration: establish a temporary moratorium on visas for certain aliens (see H.R. 3286), H8132 [13NO]

``In God We Trust'': support national motto (see H. Res. 15), H112 [30JA]

International Criminal Court Treaty: intentions relative to ratification (see H. Con. Res. 23), H1117 [22MR]

Investments: establish individual development accounts for certain individuals and families (see H.R. 2160), H3149 [13JN]

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), H5616 [13SE]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 1109), H6702 [11OC]

Languages: repeal Executive order on providing access to Federal programs and activities for persons with limited English proficiency (see H.R. 969), H6458 [9OC]

Law enforcement officers: ensure confidentiality of personnel records or personal information (see H.R. 199), H1115 [22MR]

———provide grants to agencies to ensure due process in cases which could lead to dismissal, demotion, suspension, or transfer (see H.R. 1212), H1187 [27MR]

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

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

Medicare: coverage for surgical first assisting services of certified registered nurse first assistants (see H.R. 822), H3619 [26JN]

———designate certain diabetes educators as certified providers for purposes of outpatient diabetes education services (see H.R. 1645), H2185 [15MY]

———establish minimum geographic cost-of-practice index value for physicians' services (see H.R. 3569), H10964 [20DE]

———facilitate use of private contracts (see H.R. 1640), H1659 [26AP]

———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), H648 [6MR]

———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), H8949 [5DE]

———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 1609), H4113 [17JY]

Medicare/Medicaid: waive certain nurse aide training requirements (see H.R. 1510), H1661 [26AP]

Members of Congress: eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see H.R. 241), H112 [30JA] (see H.R. 438), H220 [7FE] (see H.R. 2996), H6702 [11OC]

Mental health: issue commemorative postage stamp to raise autism awareness (see H. Res. 108), H2023 [8MY]

———provide for research on, and services for individuals with, post-abortion depression and psychosis (see H.R. 2805), H5971 [24SE]

Middle East: prohibit U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority until certification that no excavation of the Temple Mount in Israel is being conducted (see H.R. 2566), H4352 [19JY]

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]

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), H4725 [26JY]

National 4-H Program Centennial Initiative: funding (see H.R. 1388), H4353 [19JY]

National Advisory Commission on Tax Reform and Simplification: establish (see H.R. 335), H163 [31JA]

National Border Security Agency: establish (see H.R. 3600), H10965 [20DE]

National Charter Schools Week: observance (see H. Con. Res. 95), H1558 [24AP]

National Commission to Eliminate Waste in Government: establish (see H.R. 374), H1116 [22MR]

National Day of Appreciation for Emergency Response and Rescue Workers: designate (see H. Res. 259), H6505 [10OC]

National Day of Reconciliation: designate (see H. Con. Res. 184), H5340 [2AU]

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 56), H1926 [3MY]

National Rural Development Partnership: authorize (see H.R. 3473), H10055 [12DE]

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]

NATO: recommend the integration of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (see H. Con. Res. 116), H1660 [26AP]

Navy: tribute to crew of reconnaissance plane that made emergency landing in the People's Republic of China (see H. Con. Res. 106), H2083 [9MY]

Northern Mariana Islands: provide for a nonvoting delegate to the House of Representatives (see H.R. 1977), H2679 [23MY]

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

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

Pharmaceuticals: provide tax credit to retirement age individuals, remove barriers to importation, and prohibit certain regulation of Internet sites relative to prescription drugs (see H.R. 2801), H5337 [2AU]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 250), H2889 [5JN]

Power resources: ensure energy self-sufficiency of the U.S. and promote environmental quality through use of renewable fuels (see H.R. 2423), H5616 [13SE]

Presidents of the U.S.: require disclosure of funding sources and amounts relative to creation of a Presidential archival depository (see H.R. 577), H877 [13MR]

Privacy: prohibit the establishment of any uniform national health care identifying number or health information database (see H.R. 2615), H4540 [24JY]

———protect the integrity and confidentiality of Social Security numbers and prohibit the establishment of any uniform national identifying number (see H.R. 220), H112 [30JA]

———protection of Social Security numbers and other personal information (see H.R. 91), H3960 [11JY]

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), H6781 [12OC]

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), H4863 [30JY]

Radio Free Afghanistan: establish (see H.R. 2998), H6505 [10OC]

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]

Religion: eliminate the effect on the expression of religion by State and local officials that results from the threat that potential litigants may seek damages and attorney's fees (see H.R. 1273), H1294 [28MR]

Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge: establish (see H.R. 812), H621 [1MR]

Rural areas: improve access to telecommunications and Internet services (see H.R. 2669), H4779 [27JY]

———promote and improve access to health care services (see H.R. 2157), H3806 [28JN]

Safe Drinking Water Act: provide grants to small public drinking water systems (see H.R. 1178), H2387 [21MY]

Schools: recognize right of students in public schools for silent prayer or meditation, encourage recitation of Pledge of Allegiance, and prevent discrimination based on religious character or speech (see H.J. Res. 54), H5592 [11SE]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see H.R. 1644), H2335 [17MY]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 1774), H2081 [9MY]

Social Security: choice of benefit payment method for certain workers affected by changes in benefit computation rules (see H.R. 97), H443 [27FE]

———earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 498), H508 [28FE]

———eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 1731), H4780 [27JY]

———guarantee the right of individuals to receive certain benefits in full with an accurate annual cost-of-living adjustment (see H.R. 832), H628 [5MR]

———include additional information in account statements (see H.R. 634), H394 [14FE]

———invest trust funds in marketable interest-bearing securities and insured certificates of deposit, and protect trust funds from public debt limit (see H.R. 219), H112 [30JA]

———modify reporting requirements (see H.R. 930), H740 [7MR]

———reform relative to State and local government employees (see H. Con. Res. 120), H1716 [1MY]

Taxation: accelerate repeal of estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes and reduction in gift taxes (see H.R. 2631), H5456 [6SE]

———allow a deduction for amounts paid for health insurance and prescription drug costs of individuals (see H.R. 383), H165 [31JA] (see H.R. 1127), H1117 [22MR]

———allow a refundable credit for education expenses of children receiving or eligible to receive free or reduced price school meals (see H.R. 316), H224 [7FE]

———allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance and establish State health insurance safety-net programs (see H.R. 1331), H1490 [4AP]

———allow a tax credit for incremental hydropower for additional generating capacity and increased efficiency at existing at FERC-licensed dams (see H.R. 1677), H2185 [15MY]

———allow advanced applied technology equipment to be expensed and reduce the depreciation recovery periods for certain other property (see H.R. 2485), H5616 [13SE]

———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 certain small businesses to defer payment of tax (see H.R. 3062), H7718 [1NO]

———allow deduction for charitable contributions to individuals who do not itemize other deductions (see H.R. 824), H622 [1MR]

———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), H6137 [2OC]

———allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts (see H.R. 662), H1605 [25AP]

———allow farmer-owned cooperatives access to small ethanol producer tax credit (see H.R. 1636), H2712 [24MY]

———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), H3961 [11JY]

———allow individuals to designate refunds to provide catastrophic health coverage to individuals who do not otherwise have health coverage (see H.R. 647), H1489 [4AP]

———allow investments by certain retirement plans in principal residences of children and grandchildren of participants who are first-time homebuyers (see H.R. 2308), H6137 [2OC]

———allow tax credit for contributions for scholarships to attend elementary and secondary schools, upgrading school facilities, and certain technology expenses (see H.R. 1681), H1860 [2MY]

———allow tax credit for contributions to charitable organizations which provide scholarships for children to attend elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 1029), H1557 [24AP]

———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), H959 [19MR]

———allow tax credits for public and nonpublic elementary and secondary education expenses (see H.R. 368), H165 [31JA]

———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), H1660 [26AP]

———change certain threshold and other tests to decrease the amount of farm labor wages subject to Social Security and Medicare taxes (see H.R. 1079), H954 [15MR]

———clarify application of the excise tax imposed on bows and arrows (see H.R. 2001), H3260 [19JN]

———clarify restrictions on the lobbying and campaign activities of churches (see H.R. 2931), H6380 [4OC]

———constitutional amendment to abolish Federal income tax (see H.J. Res. 66), H7910 [7NO]

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

———disclosure of employer's share of taxes paid for old-age, survivors, disability, and hospital insurance for the employee in addition to the total amount of such taxes for such employee (see H.R. 1584), H1604 [25AP]

———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), H224 [7FE]

———exempt State and local political committees from certain notification and reporting requirements applicable to political organizations (see H.R. 527), H252 [8FE]

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

———expand S corporation eligibility for banks (see H.R. 1263), H1294 [28MR]

———expand the Hope Scholarship credit for certain expenses and exempt certain Federal education grants when taking expenses into account (see H.R. 2219), H5592 [11SE]

———expand the Hope Scholarship credit to elementary and secondary school expenses (see H.R. 2410), H4950 [31JY]

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

———facilitate electric cooperative participation in a competitive electric power industry (see H.R. 1601), H2023 [8MY]

———first-time homebuyers tax credit (see H.R. 1773), H6137 [2OC]

———improve electric reliability, enhance transmission infrastructure, and facilitate access to the electric transmission grid (see H.R. 1459), H2571 [22MY]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 267), H827 [8MR]

———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), H1488 [4AP]

———permit churches and other houses of worship to engage in political campaigns (see H.R. 2357), H5488 [10SE]

———prohibit the use of public funds for political party conventions (see H.R. 27), H223 [7FE]

———provide a nonrefundable credit for individuals who purchase a residential safe storage device for firearms (see H.R. 507), H222 [7FE]

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

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

———provide for an election for special tax treatment of certain S corporation conversions (see H.R. 2337), H4725 [26JY]

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

———provide tax credit for educational expenses incurred in attending public or private elementary and secondary schools and in homeschooling (see H.R. 257), H827 [8MR]

———provide tax credit for elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 369), H165 [31JA]

———rates (see H.R. 445), H828 [8MR] (see H.R. 1018), H927 [14MR]

———reduce estate and gift tax rates (see H.R. 42), H223 [7FE]

———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]

———reduce the per dose tax on vaccines (see H.R. 921), H2023 [8MY]

———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), H224 [7FE]

———repeal sunset on increase of dependent care tax credit and make the credit refundable (see H.R. 2708), H5592 [11SE]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 122), H224 [7FE]

———repeal the alternative minimum tax and income limitations on itemized deductions, personal exemptions, and the child tax credit (see H.R. 275), H877 [13MR]

———S corporation reform (see H.R. 2576), H6458 [9OC]

———temporarily reduce capital gains rates (see H.R. 2293), H5616 [13SE]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 2714), H5332 [2AU]

———terminate taxpayer financing of Presidential election campaigns (see H.R. 191), H325 [13FE]

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

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

———treatment of certain Armed Forces enlistment, accession, reenlistment, and retention bonuses (see H.R. 1466), H1485 (see H.R. 1466), H1495 [4AP]

———treatment of certain medical savings accounts (see H.R. 1524), H1498 [4AP]

———treatment of charitable contributions (see H.R. 494), H444 [27FE]

———treatment of distributions from individual retirement accounts for higher education expenses (see H.R. 2381), H6781 [12OC]

———treatment of estate taxes on value of certain property restricted to use as farmland (see H.R. 893), H1013 [20MR]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 831), H3260 [19JN]

———treatment of forestry activities (see H.R. 1581), H1604 [25AP]

———treatment of gold, silver, and platinum in the same manner as stocks and bonds for purposes of maximum capital gains rates (see H.R. 991), H875 [13MR]

———treatment of gross income gain on the sale or exchange of certain property restricted to use as farmland (see H.R. 892), H1013 [20MR]

———treatment of loan payments received under the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 1401), H1925 [3MY]

———treatment of the sale of a principal residence by a member of the uniformed services or Foreign Service (see H.R. 1596), H1657 [26AP]

Terrorism: authorize issuance of letters of marque and reprisal to respond to acts of air piracy (see H.R. 3076), H8181 [14NO]

———declare a state of war between the U.S. and international terrorists and their sponsors (see H.J. Res. 62), H5615 [13SE]

———declare a state of war between the U.S. and those determined to have planned, carried out, or otherwise supported the attacks against the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.J. Res. 63), H5615 [13SE]

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

———update definition of piracy to include air piracy to allow for punishment and issuance of letters of marque and reprisal (see H.R. 3074), H8181 [14NO]

U.N.: reject any decree, proclamation, or treaty adopted by the Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects which would infringe on the right of U.S. citizens to bear arms (see H. Res. 197), H4112 [17JY]

U.S. Congressional Philharmonic Society: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 183), H3862 [10JY]

Veterans: increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 548), H1925 [3MY]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 65), H223 (see H.R. 303), H224 [7FE]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: authorize design and construction of a temporary education center (see H.R. 510), H1295 [28MR]

Vietnamese Conflict: require a study on the eligibility requirements for inclusion of veterans' names on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and an alternative means to honor ineligible veterans (see H.R. 3443), H10910 [19DE]

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), H1718 [1MY]

———move the legal public holiday known as Washington's Birthday to election day in Presidential election years (see H.R. 310), H400 [14FE]

———require States to find convincing evidence of fraud before rejecting ballots submitted by absent military voters and direct the Dept. of Defense to develop electronic voting plan for for such voters (see H.R. 311), H167 [31JA]

Water: Federal payment of fees and costs in proceedings relative to State water rights adjudications (see H.R. 705), H397 [14FE]

———State sovereignty over water within borders (see H.R. 1156), H1060 [21MR]

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]

Bills and resolutions introduced

African Americans: tribute to pioneers in Colorado (see H. Res. 54), H412 [26FE]

Cache La Poudre River Corridor Act: technical amendments (see H.R. 1880), H2280 [16MY]

Chen Shui-bian: U.S. visit (see H. Con. Res. 135), H2184 [15MY]

China, Republic of: membership in international institutions (see H. Con. Res. 219), H5455 [6SE] (see H. Res. 221), H5338 [2AU]

Ecology and environment: establish a grassland reserve restoration and conservation program (see H.R. 1689), H1860 [2MY]

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

Families and domestic relations: recognize and support crisis pregnancy centers (see H. Res. 302), H8948 [5DE]

States: identify certain routes as part of the Ports-to-Plains High Priority Corridor (see H.R. 3522), H10908 [19DE]

Taxation: adjust for inflation the amount of agricultural labor wages that can be paid without being subject to Federal unemployment taxes (see H.R. 1003), H876 [13MR]

Ukraine: independence anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 203), H4779 [27JY] (see H. Res. 222), H5338 [2AU]

Letters

U.S. policy toward the People's Republic of China: by, E2294 [14DE]

Petitions and memorials

Colorado: condemn terrorist attacks, express sympathy to victims, and commend emergency personnel that responded to attacks, E1857 [12OC]

Remarks

African Americans: tribute to pioneers in Colorado (H. Res. 54), H456, H457, H458 [28FE]

Agriculture: research and development funding, E883 [22MY]

Baca County, CO: tribute to Board of Commissioners, E1846 [10OC]

Boy Scouts: prohibit use of Federal funds by State or local educational agencies or schools that deny equal access to the Boy Scouts relative to policy on homosexuality, H2619 [23MY]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases facility construction funding, H10929 [20DE]

China, Republic of: observance of National Day, E1911 [17OC]

Christmas Day: historical observances during times of war, E2166 [29NO]

Colorado: results of 4th Congressional District constituent survey on national issues, E105 [6FE]

———tribute to Adventist Church Schools fundraising efforts for America's Fund for Afghan Children, E2192 [4DE]

Denver, CO: tribute to Urban Search and Rescue Team, E1842 [10OC]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 2586), E1797 [4OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3338), conference report, H10929 [20DE]

Dept. of Education: national testing standards, H2526 [22MY]

Dept. of State: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1646), H2197 [16MY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3061), H6654, H6656 [11OC]

Education: allow parents access to certain information about their children, H2588 [23MY]

———allow States and local school districts flexibility in allocating Federal funds, H2578 [23MY]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), H2405, H2526 [22MY], H2576, H2578, H2585, H2588, H2595, H2604, H2619, H2625, H2636 [23MY]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), conference report, E2292 [14DE]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), consideration (H. Res. 143), H2304 [17MY]

———ensure fairness and accuracy of student standardized tests, H2604 [23MY]

———funding, H2625 [23MY]

———national policy to improve system, E645 [26AP]

———tribute to Catholic schools (H. Res. 28), H182 [6FE]

———voucher program to provide school choice, H2595 [23MY]

Faulk, Leonard (Wade): Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation scholarship recipient, E1807 [5OC]

Feavel, Jay: Domino's Pizza LLC Gold Franny award recipient, E1675 [20SE]

Foreign aid: international family planning programs restrictions relative to abortion, H2197 [16MY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2506), H4496 [24JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2506), conference report, H10461 [19DE]

Fort Collins, CO: Liberty Common School designation as John Irwin Colorado School of Excellence, E1992 [2NO]

———tribute to Farmer-Chef Marketing Alliance, E1877 [12OC]

Future Farmers of America (organization): tribute to Flagler, CO, chapter, E2196 [4DE]

Heiman, Ann: Points of Light Foundation Daily Points of Light Award recipient, E14 [3JA]

Hillman, Mark: American Legislative Executive Council National Legislator of the Year award recipient, E1673 [20SE]

Hubbard, Tom: Denver (CO) Rocky Mountain News Fred Steinmark High School Athlete of the Year award recipient, E1161 [20JN]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorize school personnel to discipline children with disabilities who engage in certain dangerous behavior, H2585 [23MY]

———funding, H6654, H6656 [11OC]

Journal: question of approval, H7531 [31OC]

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act: juvenile delinquency prevention and accountability programs funding (H.R. 1900), H5763 [20SE]

Kniss, Joan: Colorado Teacher of the Year award recipient, E308 [7MR]

Las Animas, CO: anniversary of First National Bank, E2195 [4DE]

Masar, Emily: National Philanthropy Day Outstanding Youth award recipient, E2018 [6NO]

National Commission on Excellence in Education: anniversary of release of ``A Nation at Risk'' report, E645 [26AP]

National security: military readiness of U.S. forces, E2081 [15NO]

———national missile defense system, E1797 [4OC], E1827 [5OC], E2326, E2328 [19DE]

Nigeria: U.S. policy, E1030 [6JN]

Norton, Gale: nomination to be Sec. of the Interior, H23 [3JA]

Parker Agricultural Services: EPA Environmental Achievement Award recipient, E1672 [20SE]

Sakata, Robert: Japanese Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold Rays With Rosette honoree, E71 [31JA]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (H.R. 2505), E2194 [4DE]

Swift & Co.: tribute, E1875 [12OC]

Tamlin, Debbie: Fort Collins, CO, Board of Realtors Realtor of the Year award recipient, E2217 [5DE]

Taxation: allow tax credits for public and nonpublic elementary and secondary education expenses, E2292 [14DE]

Terrorism: condemn and respond to hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, E1827 [5OC]

———condemn and respond to hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H.J. Res. 61), H5570 [11SE]

Treaties and agreements: Antiballistic Missile Treaty, E2326 [19DE]

Ukraine: allocation of foreign aid, H4496 [24JY], H10461 [19DE]

———independence anniversary (H. Res. 222), H5324 [2AU]

———remember treatment by the former Soviet Union on anniversary of Ukrainian Famine, E2085 [15NO]

Veterans Day: observance, E2047 [8NO]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H2672 [23MY]

Reports

Evaluation of the Florida A-Plus Accountability and School Choice Program: Jay P. Greene, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, H2636-H2640 [23MY]

Resolutions by organizations

Condemn and respond to hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA: Baca County, CO, Board of Commissioners, E1847 [10OC]

Statements

Tribute to Susan Wadhams: Brandi Graham, E1236 [27JN]

———Eric Price, E1237 [27JN]

———Gwen Schwartz, E1236 [27JN]

———Kent Holsinger, E1236 [27JN]

———Kriste Kafer, E1236 [27JN]

———Marcus Dunn, E1237 [27JN]

———Marge Klein, E1237 [27JN]

———Melissa Carlson, E1236 [27JN]

———Rob Nanfelt, E1236 [27JN]

———Stacy Brooks, E1236 [27JN]

Tributes

Gray, Harold H., E48 [30JA]

Hall, Hunter, E2345 [20DE]

Hayward, Travis, E2191 [4DE]

Heermann, Will, E1677 [20SE]

Henninger, Charles, E73 [31JA]

Korbelik, Dave, E1464 [27JY]

Limbaugh, Rush, H6889, H6891 [16OC]

Mackey, Jack, E54 [30JA]

Marks, Morton, E1634 [11SE]

Mayo, Gerald, E2343 [20DE]

Monfort, Kenneth W., E134 [7FE]

Montoya, James A., E1671 [20SE]

Nein, Pete and Lena, E2339 [20DE]

Reagan, Ronald, H192, H193, H195, H196, H197 [6FE]

Turner, Lelea, E1676 [20SE]

Wadhams, Susan, E1236 [27JN]