KOLBE, JIM (a Representative from Arizona)

Amendments

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2506), H4452 [24JY]

Appointments

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

Conferee: H.R. 2216, supplemental appropriations, H3979 [12JY]

———H.R. 2217, Dept. of the Interior and related agencies appropriations, H5857 [20SE]

———H.R. 2500, Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies appropriations, H5959 [24SE]

———H.R. 2506, foreign operations, export financing, and related programs appropriations, H7859 [7NO]

Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Board of Trustees, H1034 [21MR]

Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, H1272 [28MR]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit certain late-term abortions (see H.R. 2702), H5125 [1AU]

Agriculture: repeal peanut quotas, reduce peanut loan rates, and require the Dept. of Agriculture to purchase peanuts for nutrition programs (see H.R. 2164), H3150 [13JN]

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), H3713 [27JN]

Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (see H.R. 3009), H8181 [14NO]

Animals: improve enforcement of the Animal Welfare Act as it applies to commercial dog breeders (see H.R. 3058), H6421 [5OC]

———prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (see H.R. 397), H218 [7FE]

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

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]

Birds: prohibit interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to States in which animal fighting is lawful (see H.R. 1155), H1060 [21MR]

Budget: establish 2-year cycle (see H.R. 981), H2712 [24MY]

———establish 2-year cycle, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 981), H7719 [1NO]

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

Community service: provide incentives for communities and individuals to serve the poor and others in need and enhance ability of low-income individuals to build assets (see H.R. 7), H1556 [24AP]

Congress: hold joint session in New York, NY (see H. Con. Res. 249), H9240 [11DE]

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), H6260 [3OC]

Contracts: prohibit discrimination in awarding Federal contracts on the basis of labor policies (see H.R. 99), H443 [27FE]

Crime: provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (see H.R. 1343), H1407 [3AP]

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

Dept. of Education: provide specific waiver authority to respond to conditions in the national emergency declared by the President (see H.R. 3086), H7217 [23OC]

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

Diseases: collect data on benign brain-related tumors through the national program of cancer registries (see H.R. 239), H412 [26FE]

———expand research activities relative to Duchenne muscular dystrophy (see H.R. 717), H444 [27FE]

District of Columbia: retrocession to Maryland (see H.R. 810), H4541 [24JY]

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

———establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (see H.R. 100, 101), H27 [3JA]

———provide funding to States to establish and administer periodic teacher testing and merit pay programs for elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 949), H1410 [3AP]

Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see H.R. 2692), H4948 [31JY]

———provide compensatory time for all employees (see H.R. 1982), H2709 [24MY]

FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2649), H4723 [26JY]

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

Fire prevention: authorize the use of certain wildland fire management funds to reimburse certain interagency cooperation costs in connection with wildland fire management (see H.R. 581), H955 [15MR]

Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see H.R. 123), H1605 [25AP]

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

———establish the Conservation Security Program (see H.R. 1949), H3806 [28JN]

———expand conservation reserve (see H.R. 1082), H954 [15MR]

Foreign countries: human rights violations against homosexuals, bisexuals, and transgendered individuals (see H. Con. Res. 173), H4217 [18JY]

Foreign policy: recognize important relationship between the U.S. and Mexico (see H. Con. Res. 206), H4949 [31JY]

Foreign trade: export controls on certain high-speed computers (see H.R. 1553), H1718 [1MY]

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

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), H3961 [11JY]

Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction: urge all contracting States to recommend the production of practice guides (see H. Con. Res. 69), H1012 [20MR]

Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 2315), H3807 [28JN]

———support Federal funding of pluripotent stem cell research (see H. Con. Res. 17), H1411 [3AP]

———sustain access to vital emergency medical services in rural areas (see H.R. 1353), H6505 [10OC]

Health care professionals: help solve the nursing shortage in hospitals and continuing care settings (see H.R. 1897), H3806 [28JN]

Immigration: provide a mechanism for U.S. citizens, and lawful permanent residents, to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see H.R. 690), H508 [28FE]

Insurance: prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 602), H324 [13FE]

———provide equitable coverage of mental health, substance abuse, and chemical dependency treatment services under group and individual health coverage (see H.R. 162), H6380 [4OC]

Interstate commerce: renewal of interstate economic protectionism (see H. Res. 230), H5339 [2AU]

Jones, Melvin: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 226), H5616 [13SE]

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

Medicare: coverage of additional hemodialysis treatments for certain patients and increased update in composite rate for dialysis services (see H.R. 2220), H5971 [24SE]

———coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1624), H8732 [29NO]

———extend community nursing organization demonstration projects (see H.R. 3195), H7591 [31OC]

———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), H2890 [5JN]

———pay ambulance suppliers the full costs of providing such services (see H.R. 3109), H6779 [12OC]

———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), H2148 [14MY]

———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), H10067 [13DE]

———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 1609), H4541 [24JY]

National 4-H Program Centennial Initiative: funding (see H.R. 1388), H1718 [1MY]

National Day of Remembrance: designate (see H. Con. Res. 230), H5928 [21SE]

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

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

Natural resources: promote the conservation and preservation of working farms, ranches, and private forests (see H.R. 2375), H3802 [28JN]

NLRB: inflation adjustments to the mandatory jurisdiction thresholds (see H.R. 1890), H3806 [28JN]

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

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), H6421 [5OC]

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

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

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

Social Security: enhance privacy protections for individuals and prevent fraudulent misuse of account numbers (see H.R. 2036), H3204 [14JN]

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

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

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), H1925 [3MY]

———allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance and establish State health insurance safety-net programs (see H.R. 1331), H1407 [3AP]

———allow a U.S. independent film and television production wage credit (see H.R. 3131), H7960 [8NO]

———allow an exclusion from gross income for certain amounts of capital gains distributions from regulated investment companies (see H.R. 168), H61 [6JA]

———allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts (see H.R. 662), H1190 [27MR]

———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), H6137 [2OC]

———allow small business employers a credit for certain expenses for long-term training of employees in highly skilled small business trades (see H.R. 877), H648 [6MR]

———applications for an exclusion of gain on certain sales of a principal residence by a surviving spouse (see H.R. 161), H61 [6JA]

———clarify application of the excise tax imposed on bows and arrows (see H.R. 2001), H2956 [6JN]

———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]

———encourage stronger mathematics and science programs at elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 102), H27 [3JA]

———enhance the portability of retirement benefits (see H.R. 155), H60 [6JA]

———incentives for education (see H.R. 549), H444 [27FE]

———increase limitation on contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 12), H1190 [27MR]

———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see H.R. 1675), H4113 [17JY]

———permanently extend research credit and adjust the alternative incremental credit rates (see H.R. 41), H324 [13FE]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain leasehold improvements (see H.R. 1030), H928 [14MR]

———provide incentives for health coverage for the uninsured (see H.R. 1181), H1296 [28MR]

———provide tax relief to elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 516), 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), H2334 [17MY]

———repeal alternative minimum tax treatment of incentive stock options to change the taxable event from the exercise of the stock option to the stock sale (see H.R. 2794), H6380 [4OC]

———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), H1295 [28MR]

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

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

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

———treatment of certain franchise operation property (see H.R. 1507), H3151 [13JN]

———treatment of charitable donation of food by businesses and farmers (see H.R. 990), H2334 [17MY]

———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see H.R. 840), H1295 [28MR]

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

———treatment of the sale of a principal residence by a member of the uniformed services or Foreign Service (see H.R. 1596), H2335 [17MY]

Terrorism: tribute to first responders injured or killed following attacks at the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, and recognize first responders to previous domestic attacks (see H. Con. Res. 233), H6138 [2OC]

Trade Adjustment Assistance Program: reauthorize (see H.R. 85), H1860 [2MY]

Veterans: increase educational benefits under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 1291, 1291), H3207 [18JN]

———issue commemorative postage stamp honoring Purple Heart recipients (see H. Con. Res. 104), H6381 [4OC]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 65), H26 [3JA] (see H.R. 303), H202 [6FE]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: authorize design and construction of a temporary education center (see H.R. 510), H222 [7FE]

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), H5928 [21SE]

———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]

Walsh, John: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 911), H1296 [28MR]

Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 40), H1411 [3AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Education: establish international education policy (see H. Con. Res. 201), H4724 [26JY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (see H.R. 2506), H4111 [17JY]

Foreign trade: amend trade laws to provide more fairness to U.S. industry (see H.R. 2770), H5335 [2AU]

Health: reimburse health care providers for costs associated with providing emergency medical care to illegal aliens who are not detained by law enforcement authorities (see H.R. 2256), H3357 [20JN]

High Level Commission on Immigrant Labor Policy: establish (see H.R. 1807), H2141 [10MY]

Housing: provide affordability and ensure a competitive North American market for softwood lumber (see H. Con. Res. 45), H507 [28FE]

International Olympic Committee: commend efforts to bring about understanding between cultures, protection of civil rights, intolerance of discrimination, and promotion of world peace through sports (see H. Con. Res. 167), H3357 [20JN]

Mexico: grant a temporary waiver of requirements relative to foreign aid certification of drug enforcement efforts (see H.R. 753), H441 [27FE]

Money: modernize the legal tender of the U.S. (see H.R. 2528), H4112 [17JY]

National parks and recreation areas: authorize entrance fees to secure bonds for capital improvements (see H.R. 359), H164 [31JA]

Social Security: allow diversion of percentage of payroll tax payments into personal investment plans and extend the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program (see H.R. 2771), H5335 [2AU]

Taxation: expand incentives for transferring land or easements for conservation purposes (see H.R. 960), H826 [8MR]

———provide a credit for charitable contributions to fight poverty (see H.R. 673), H396 [14FE]

Conference reports

Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations (H.R. 2506), H10373-H10400 [19DE]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H6059 [26SE]

Letters

Foreign aid eligibility relative to counter-drug certification process: Paul V. Kelly, Dept. of State, H10444 [19DE]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H6059 [26SE]

Remarks

Agriculture: conservation programs funding, H6318 [4OC]

———continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), H6318 [4OC]

AID: address needs of children orphaned as a result of civil war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, H4480 [24JY]

———Office of Environment and Urban Programs funding, H4484 [24JY]

———South Asian Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance funding through reductions in Andean Counterdrug Initiative funding, H4452 [24JY]

Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), H8292 [16NO]

Armed Forces: authorize use against those responsible for hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H.J. Res. 64), H5645 [14SE]

Bolivia: drug interdiction operations funding, H4479 [24JY]

Buy American Act: compliance, H4527 [24JY]

Capitol Pages: tribute, H2978 [7JN]

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), H4307 [19JY]

Colombia: limit U.S. civilian contractors relative to anti-drug efforts, H4498, H4499 [24JY]

———prohibit aerial spraying efforts to eradicate illicit crops, H4518 [24JY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 2586), H5774 [20SE]

———establish compensation for employees sustaining beryllium, radiation-related, asbestos, and hazardous substances injury, illness, or death, H5774 [20SE]

Dept. of State: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1646), H2245 [16MY]

———report on implementation of Colombian national security legislation relative to human rights violations, H4347 [19JY]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2590), H4616 [25JY]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2299), H3588, H3589 [26JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2299), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 299), H8740 [30NO]

Diseases: Global AIDS Trust Fund funding through reductions in the Andean Counterdrug Initiative funding and the Foreign Military Financing Program, H4456, H4460 [24JY]

———improve access to HIV/AIDS-related treatments and services in sub-Saharan Africa and other developing countries (H.R. 2069), H9096 [11DE]

———international tuberculosis control and Child Survival and Maternal Health Account funding through reductions in the Andean Counterdrug Initiative funding, H4465, H4472, H4479 [24JY]

———international tuberculosis control funding through reductions in Asian Development Fund and Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency funding, H4482, H4483 [24JY]

District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 2944), H5991, H6003 [25SE]

———prohibit extension of benefits to domestic partners, H5991, H6003 [25SE]

Duke University: tribute to men's basketball team, H1387 [3AP]

El Salvador: disaster relief funding, H4488, H4490, H4491 [24JY]

Ethiopia: human rights violations, H4343 [19JY]

Eximbank: funding, H4448 [24JY]

———funding relative to loan guarantees made to the Iron Business Corp. of Benxi Iron & Steel (Group) Co., Ltd., H4439 [24JY]

Foreign aid: Microenterprise Loans for the Poor Program funding, H4487 [24JY]

———mother-to-child HIV/AIDS transmission prevention funding, H4345 [19JY]

———prohibit assistance to countries that use children as soldiers, H4349, H4350 [19JY]

———restrict assistance to countries with which the U.S. has an extradition treaty or is in negotiations to conclude an extradition treaty, H4497 [24JY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2506), H4333, H4341, H4343, H4345, H4347, H4348, H4349, H4350 [19JY], H4439, H4448, H4449, H4452, H4456, H4460, H4465, H4472, H4479, H4480, H4482, H4483, H4484, H4487, H4488, H4490, H4491, H4495, H4496, H4497, H4498, H4499, H4501, H4502, H4508, H4513, H4514, H4518, H4520, H4522, H4525, H4527 [24JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2506), conference report, H10442, H10443, H10457, H10461 [19DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2506), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, H10430 [19DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2506), unanimous-consent agreement, H4333 [19JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2506), unanimous-consent request, H4481 [24JY]

Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction: development of best practice guide funding, H4341 [19JY]

India: disaster relief funding, H4348 [19JY]

International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia: encourage cooperation by all governments, entities, and municipalities in the region, H4513, H4514 [24JY]

Lebanon: military assistance funding relative to deployment of Lebanese armed forces to Israeli-Lebanese border, H2245 [16MY]

Mexico: compliance of Mexico-domiciled trucks operating in the U.S. with certain safety and environmental regulations, H3588, H3589 [26JN], H8740 [30NO]

———tribute for support following the hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, E1858 [12OC]

Peru: make Andean Counterdrug Initiative funding contingent on report on missionary aircraft mistakenly shot down by a Peruvian fighter jet and notification of U.S. involvement in counternarcotic flights, H4501 [24JY]

Point of order, H4492, H4496, H4514 [24JY]

President's Commission To Strengthen Social Security: prohibit OMB funding to implement final report, H4616 [25JY]

South America: impact of free trade on drug interdiction efforts, H8292 [16NO]

Taxation: provide a credit for charitable contributions to fight poverty (H.R. 673), E192 [14FE]

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), H5573 [11SE]

Treaties and agreements: extend trade negotiating and trade agreement implementing authority (H.R. 3005), H9006 [6DE]

———extend trade negotiating and trade agreement implementing authority (H.R. 3005), consideration (H. Res. 306), H8979 [6DE]

———implement the agreement establishing a U.S.-Jordan free trade area (H.R. 2603), H4878 [31JY]

U.N.: prohibit International Narcotics Control Board funding, H4525 [24JY]

Ukraine: allocation of foreign aid, H4495, H4496 [24JY]

Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act: funding through reductions in Dept. of State and AID antitrafficking initiatives, H4520 [24JY]

Vietnam: full accounting of POW/MIA, H5436 [6SE]

———human rights violations, H5436 [6SE]

———normal trade relations status (H.J. Res. 51), H5436 [6SE]

Votes: position on missed, H4069 [17JY], H8161 [14NO]

World Bank: Global Environmental Facility funding through reductions in Eximbank funding, H4449 [24JY]

Reports filed

Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations: Committee of Conference (H.R. 2506) (H. Rept. 107-345), H10354 [18DE]

———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 2506) (H. Rept. 107-142), H4111 [17JY]

Statements

Mexican Participation in OAS Special Permanent Council Meeting: Mexican Government, E1859 [12OC]

Mexican Support of U.S. in Aftermath of Hijacking and Crashing of Commercial Aircraft Into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA: Mexican Senate, E1859 [12OC]

Tables

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs appropriations (H.R. 2506), H4336-H4338 [19JY]

———conference report, H10446-H10448 [19DE]

Tributes

Harn, Ora Mae, E389 [19MR]