OSBORNE, TOM (a Representative from Nebraska)

Addresses

Citizens' Scholarship Foundation of America President's Award Presentation: Barney Oldfield, E979 [25MY]

———William C. Nelsen, E979 [25MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Africa: efforts to reduce hunger in sub-Saharan Africa (see H. Con. Res. 102), H2281 [16MY]

Agriculture: provide tax and regulatory relief for farmers and improve competitiveness of U.S. commodities and products in global markets (see H.R. 627), H394 [14FE]

Armed Forces: revise rules on retirement payments to former spouses (see H.R. 1983), H8421 [27NO]

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

Capitol Building and Grounds: establish the Spirit of America Garden as part of the Capitol Visitors Center to honor the victims of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 2991), H6919 [16OC]

Children and youth: establish national policy on youth development (see H.R. 17), H1410 [3AP]

———increase the age of persons considered to be minors relative to prohibiting the transportation of obscene materials (see H.R. 1523), H2185 [15MY]

———provide for a national media campaign to reduce and prevent underage drinking (see H.R. 1509), H4541 [24JY]

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

———tribute to Clear Channel Communications, Inc., and the American Football Coaches Association for efforts to locate missing, kidnapped, and runaway children (see H. Con. Res. 100), H2890 [5JN]

Computers: encourage broadband technology deployment to rural areas (see H.R. 2847), H5454 [6SE]

———establish Internet domain for children that will promote positive experiences, provide safe online environment, and prevent exposure to harmful material (see H.R. 2417), H5406 [5SE]

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]

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 1701), H3806 [28JN]

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), H7719 [1NO]

Dept. of Agriculture: consolidate and revise authority on animal health protection (see H.R. 2002), H5340 [2AU]

———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), H5339 [2AU]

———support exchange programs whereby African-American farmers and other agricultural specialists share technical knowledge with African and Caribbean farmers to improve farming in Africa (see H.R. 1894), H2333 [17MY]

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

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), H6056 [25SE]

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

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

———improve and refocus civic education (see H.R. 611), H4352 [19JY]

Employment: minimum wage and overtime exemptions for licensed funeral directors and embalmers (see H.R. 648), H1489 [4AP]

Endangered Species Act: require the Dept. of the Interior to give greater weight to scientific or commercial data that is empirical or has been field-tested or peer-reviewed (see H.R. 2829), H8338 [16NO]

Entertainment industry: prohibit deceptive, targeted marketing of adult-rated media to minors (see H.R. 2246), H3356 [20JN]

Families and domestic relations: provide grants to States to encourage media campaigns to promote responsible fatherhood skills (see H.R. 1300), H2849 [25MY]

FCC: fulfill support requirements for universal service for high cost areas (see H.R. 1171), H3150 [13JN]

Federal Deposit Insurance Act: require periodic cost-of-living adjustments to the maximum amount of deposit insurance available (see H.R. 746), H441 [27FE]

Firearms: protect manufacturers and sellers in the firearms and ammunition industry from restrictions on interstate or foreign commerce (see H.R. 2037), H5406 [5SE]

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: expand and modernize the prohibition against interstate gambling (see H.R. 3215), H9239 [11DE]

———prohibit gambling on high school and college sports and the Olympic games (see H.R. 1110), H1011 [20MR]

———protect amateur athletics and combat illegal sports gambling (see H.R. 641), H828 [8MR]

———protect amateur athletics and combat illegal sports gambling, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 641), H1559 [24AP]

Health: sustain access to vital emergency medical services in rural areas (see H.R. 1353), H5406 [5SE]

Higher Education Act: make certain student loan interest rate formulas permanent (see H.R. 2781), H5336 [2AU]

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

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

Immigration: expand class of beneficiaries who may apply for adjustment of status by extending the deadline for a classification petition and a labor certification filing (see H.R. 1242), H2082 [9MY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 737), H441 [27FE] (see H.R. 835), H622 [1MR]

INS: extend Basic Pilot employment verification system (see H.R. 3030), H7718 [1NO]

Insurance: prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 602), H3358 [20JN]

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development: establish trust fund to address long-term food production and rural development needs in Afghanistan and the Central Asian Republics (see H.R. 3566), H10964 [20DE]

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

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

Medicaid: permit State waiver authority to provide medical assistance in cases of congenital heart defects (see H.R. 1793), H8842 [4DE]

———provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 600), H1489 [4AP]

———provide public access to quality medical imaging procedures and radiation therapy procedures (see H.R. 1011), H1489 [4AP]

Medicare: adjust wages and wage-related costs for certain items and services furnished in geographically reclassified hospitals (see H.R. 1375), H1409 [3AP]

———clarify definition of homebound relative to home health services (see H.R. 1490), H10355 [18DE]

———coverage of additional hemodialysis treatments for certain patients and increased update in composite rate for dialysis services (see H.R. 2220), H6137 [2OC]

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

———improve fee-for-services reimbursement rates in rural States (see H.R. 2483), H4008 [12JY]

———increase the payment amount for inpatient hospital services and freeze the reduction in payments to hospitals for indirect costs of medical education (see H.R. 1556), H5455 [6SE]

———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), H877 [13MR]

———reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities (see H.R. 1911), H5406 [5SE]

———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]

———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 1609), H5616 [13SE]

Medicare/Medicaid: waive certain nurse aide training requirements (see H.R. 1510), H2571 [22MY]

National 4-H Program Centennial Initiative: funding (see H.R. 1388), H3519 [25JN]

National emblems: designate the oak tree as the national tree (see H.R. 1936), H2570 [22MY]

National Fallen Firefighters Memorial: commemorate fallen firefighters by lowering the U.S. flag to half-staff during the memorial service in Emmitsburg, MD (see H.J. Res. 42), H3519 [25JN]

National Guard: authorize small arms competitions and athletic competitions (see H.R. 1705), H4009 [12JY]

National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day: add to the list of days on which the flag should be especially displayed (see H.R. 2675), H5340 [2AU]

Paterno, Joe: tribute (see H. Res. 276), H8133 [13NO]

Patriotism: mint coins in commemoration of the Spirit of America and to establish the Victims of September 11th Fund (see H.R. 3244), H7909 [7NO]

Pensions: provide retirement investment advice to workers managing their retirement income assets (see H.R. 2269), H6422 [5OC]

———reform (see H.R. 10), H927 [14MR]

Petroleum: prohibit use of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE), provide flexibility within the EPA's oxygenate requirements, and promote the use of renewable ethanol (see H.R. 608), H393 [14FE]

———require a more uniform formula for gasoline and diesel fuel so that fuels manufactured in one region may be transported and sold in other regions (see H.R. 2249), H3357 [20JN]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 250), H1556 [24AP]

Power resources: ensure energy self-sufficiency of the U.S. and promote environmental quality through use of renewable fuels (see H.R. 2423), H3805 [28JN]

Public Health Service Act: amend relative to the shortage of medical laboratory personnel (see H.R. 1948), H9239 [11DE]

Public service: facilitate participation in community and military service (see H.R. 3465), H10054 [12DE]

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

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 1140), H1346 [29MR]

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

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), H4217 [18JY]

Safe Drinking Water Act: provide grants to small public drinking water systems (see H.R. 1178), H7960 [8NO]

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

Social Security: allow coverage of pregnancy-related assistance for targeted low-income pregnant women under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see H.R. 2610), H10966 [20DE]

———earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 498), H400 [14FE]

Tariff: impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see H.R. 1786), H7529 [30OC]

Taxation: 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), H1410 [3AP]

———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see H.R. 1172), H4352 [19JY]

———exclusion from gross income for foster care payments relative to certain nongovernmental placement agencies (see H.R. 586), H1557 [24AP]

———extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind (see H.R. 876), H3465 [21JN]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 267), H2184 [15MY]

———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 and gift taxes (see H.R. 8), H926 [14MR]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 236), H1190 [27MR]

———repeal limits on the deduction for interest on education loans and increase income threshold for the phase out of such deduction (see H.R. 436), H1013 [20MR]

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

———treatment of depreciation of computers and other technological equipment, software, and certain auction-acquired telecommunications licenses (see H.R. 2981), H7852 [6NO]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 831), H2889 [5JN]

Television: prohibit broadcast of violent programming during designated time period in which children are likely to be watching (see H.R. 1005), H1660 [26AP]

Terrorism: 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 educational benefits under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 1291), H3260 [19JN]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H7718 [1NO]

———recognize the importance of veterans to the U.S. and express support for the goals of Veterans Educate Today's Students (VETS) Day (see H. Con. Res. 20), H5456 [6SE]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: authorize design and construction of a temporary education center (see H.R. 510), H650 [6MR]

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]

Volunteer firefighters: remove civil liability barriers surrounding donating fire equipment to volunteer fire companies (see H.R. 1919), H3466 [21JN]

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), H8842 [4DE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Education: establish national mentoring program (see H.R. 1501), H1497 [4AP]

Education: reauthorize and improve the rural education development initiative (see H.R. 692), H397 [14FE]

Native Americans: provide equitable compensation to the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota and the Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska for the loss of value of certain lands (see H.R. 2408), H3804 [28JN]

Taxation: exclusion of gain from the sale of farmland (see H.R. 294), H110 [30JA]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H261 [13FE], H8251 [16NO]

Remarks

Agriculture: conservation programs funding, H6307 [4OC]

———continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), H6172 [3OC], H6307, H6332 [4OC]

———economic impact of increasing oil prices, H261 [13FE]

———Federal farm policies, H3506, H3510 [25JN], H8571 [29NO]

———price supports for sugar, H6332 [4OC]

Air pollution: application of California State regulations relative to reformulated gasoline in certain areas, H5139 [1AU]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, H5162 [1AU]

———preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness, H5162 [1AU]

Aviation: improve security (H.R. 3150), H7680 [1NO]

———improve security (S. 1447), conference report, H8251 [16NO]

Children and youth: recognize importance and support goals and ideas of National Youth Day (H. Res. 124), H3271 [20JN]

———tribute to Clear Channel Communications, Inc., and the American Football Coaches Association for efforts to locate missing, kidnapped, and runaway children (H. Con. Res. 100), H2853 [5JN]

Clean Air Act: phase out the use of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) in fuels or fuel additives and promote the use of ethnanol, H3040 [12JN]

Dept. of Education: establish national mentoring program, H2402 [22MY]

———establish national mentoring program (H.R. 1501), H1338 [29MR], H1461 [4AP]

Education: adjust Osborne Mentoring Program to allow both adults and high school students to participate as mentors, H2580 [23MY]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), H2402 [22MY], H2580 [23MY]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 315), H10087 [13DE]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), motion to go to conference, H4126 [18JY]

Entertainment industry: prohibit deceptive, targeted marketing of adult-rated media to minors (H.R. 2246), H4408 [23JY]

EPA: rejection of waiver request on oxygenate requirements for gasoline in California, H3040 [12JN]

Fullerton, CA: study impact of violence on student behavior and morale, H1461 [4AP]

Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 2315), H4119 [18JY]

Higher Education Act: remove limits on Internet course offerings, modify treatment of non-standard term programs, and clarify incentive compensation requirements (H.R. 1992), H6476 [10OC]

INS: extend Basic Pilot employment verification system (H.R. 3030), E2270 [13DE]

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act: juvenile delinquency prevention and accountability programs funding (H.R. 1900), H5760 [20SE]

Oldfield, Barney: Citizens' Scholarship Foundation of America President's Award recipient, E979 [25MY]

Paterno, Joe: tribute (H. Res. 276), H8111 [13NO]

Petroleum: require a more uniform formula for gasoline and diesel fuel so that fuels manufactured in one region may be transported and sold in other regions (H.R. 2249), H3438 [21JN]

Political ethics: importance of cooperation and bipartisanship in Congress, H7311 [25OC]

Power resources: encourage use of ethanol blended gasolines, H2721 [25MY]

———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 4), H5139, H5162 [1AU]

———national energy policy, H3438 [21JN], H4865 [31JY]

Public service: facilitate participation in community and military service (H.R. 3465), H9244, H9320 [12DE]

Schools: honor Native Americans for their contributions to U.S. history, culture, and education (H. Res. 168), H3276 [20JN]

Taxation: exclusion of gain from the sale of farmland (H.R. 294), H79 [30JA]

Terrorism: condemn and respond to hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, H5738 [20SE]

———condemn and respond to hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H.J. Res. 61), H5534 [11SE]

Votes: position on missed, H186 [6FE], E127 [7FE]

Water: terminate the effectiveness of certain drinking water regulations on arsenic levels, H1932 [8MY]

YMCA: anniversary (H. Con. Res. 172), H3595 [26JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Education: adjust Osborne Mentoring Program to allow both adults and high school students to participate as mentors, H2580, H2581 [23MY]

Special order: granted, H1405 [3AP], H4426 [23JY], H10053 [12DE]