HILL, BARON P. (a Representative from Indiana)

Amendments

Education: close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), H2522 [22MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

American Discovery Trail: designate (see H.R. 36), H400 [14FE]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds vote to pass legislation that would result in a deficit (see H.J. Res. 53), H3357 [20JN]

———make process more transparent (see H.R. 1257), H1189 [27MR]

———require three-fifths majority vote to waive point of order against considering spending or revenue legislation before a concurrent resolution is in place (see H.R. 1369), H1409 [3AP]

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]

Dept. of Agriculture: prohibit excessive concentration resulting from mergers among certain purchasers, processors, and sellers of agricultural commodities and establish an Office of Special Counsel for Agriculture (see H.R. 1526), H1498 [4AP]

Dept. of Defense: develop inventory of sites within former military ranges containing unexploded ordnance or other abandoned munitions that pose health or safety threats and improve public awareness of such sites (see H.R. 2605), H4539 [24JY]

Dept. of Education: make additional grants under the 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program (see H.R. 419), H225 [7FE]

Dept. of Transportation: establish a grant program for the rehabilitation, preservation, or improvement of railroad track (see H.R. 1020), H1557 [24AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: ensure that senior citizen veterans shall be eligible for pension benefits without regard to disability (see H.R. 3087), H8133 [13NO]

———furnish headstones or markers for the marked graves of certain individuals (see H.R. 1351), H1408 [3AP]

Diseases: expand research activities relative to Duchenne muscular dystrophy (see H.R. 717), H1346 [29MR]

———increase public awareness of tuberous sclerosis (see H. Con. Res. 25), H1490 [4AP]

District of Columbia: establish a memorial to the victims of terrorist attacks on the U.S. (see H.R. 2982), H6135 [2OC]

Education: reduce class size through the use of fully qualified teachers (see H.R. 1036), H2142 [10MY]

Election Administration Commission: establish (see H.R. 775), H505 [28FE]

Elwood Haynes `Bud' Hillis Post Office Building, Kokomo, IN: designate (see H.R. 2043), H2848 [25MY]

FCC: monitor complaints relative to the quality of wireless telephone service (see H.R. 1531), H1499 [4AP]

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 employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 1841), H3466 [21JN]

Federal Prison Industries: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (see H.R. 1577), H2185 [15MY]

Firefighters: provide mortgage assistance (see H.R. 3358), H8563 [28NO]

Fort Clatsop National Memorial: expand (see H.R. 2643), H8564 [28NO]

Government: enhance citizen access to information and services through use of Internet-based information technology (see H.R. 2458), H3959 [11JY]

Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 526), H3203 [14JN]

House of Representatives: constitutional amendment on appointment and election of new Members if a significant number of Members can no longer serve due to a national emergency (see H.J. Res. 67), H7333 [25OC]

———require that excess amounts from Members' official allowances be applied to deficit reduction (see H.R. 2414), H3804 [28JN]

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

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

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 659), H1660 [26AP]

Iron and steel industry: provide certain safeguards relative to the domestic steel industry (see H.R. 808), H2082 [9MY]

Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1475), H5616 [13SE]

National discovery trails: establish (see H.R. 36), H400 [14FE]

National security: develop local emergency response plans that provide a defined and unified response to terrorist attacks and other catastrophes (see H.R. 3161), H7217 [23OC]

OMB: establish a Federal Chief Information Officer (see H.R. 2458), H3959 [11JY]

Outer Continental Shelf: use of oil and gas production royalties to establish a fund for outdoor conservation and recreation needs (see H.R. 701), H3863 [10JY]

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

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 250), H5405 [5SE]

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]

Radio: ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio operators (see H.R. 817), H5927 [21SE]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 1140), H1489 [4AP]

Smithsonian Institution: establish National Museum of African American History and Culture (see H.R. 1718), H4541 [24JY]

Social Security: computation system for benefits relative to spouses' or surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 664), H1410 [3AP]

———protect Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms (see H.R. 560), H322 [13FE]

———restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to certain individuals (see H.R. 1073), H1411 [3AP]

Spruance, Raymond A.: promote posthumously to the grade of Fleet Admiral of the U.S. Navy (see H.R. 2492), H4725 [26JY]

Taxation: enhance domestic oil and gas production (see H.R. 805), H1557 [24AP]

———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 1076), H3519 [25JN]

———increase limitation on contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1026), H928 [14MR]

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), H6702 [11OC]

Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1613), H1658 [26AP]

Veterans: issue commemorative postage stamp honoring Purple Heart recipients (see H. Con. Res. 104), H1487 (see H. Con. Res. 104), H1499 [4AP]

Voting: establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (see H.R. 3295), H8181 [14NO]

———establish a program to provide funds to State and local governments to replace punch card voting systems (see H.R. 775), H505 [28FE]

Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 40), H6260 [3OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Budget: use budget surpluses attributable to the Dept. of Defense Military Retirement Fund for military retirement and survivor benefit programs (see H. Res. 23), H111 [30JA]

Charlestown, IN: eliminate certain requirements relative to conveyance of Indiana Army Ammunition Plant (see H.R. 2551), H4216 [18JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: eliminate quota and price support programs for Burley tobacco, compensate quota holders for lost value, provide payments to producers, and assist communities affected by elimination of certain programs (see H.R. 1658), H1715 [1MY]

Education: provide for a smaller learning communities grant program (see H.R. 2571), H4352 [19JY]

Lee H. Hamilton Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, New Albany, IN: designate (see H.R. 1583), H1604 [25AP]

Motions

House of Representatives: adjournment, H745, H760 [8MR]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H743 [8MR]

Remarks

Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), H6272 [4OC]

———establish interagency task force on agricultural competition, H6272 [4OC]

———funding, H1236 [28MR]

Budget: allocation of funds, H744, H773 [8MR]

———deficit, H364 [14FE]

———revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), H1236 [28MR]

———revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 136), H2032 [9MY]

———treatment of any budget surpluses, H364 [14FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: eliminate quota and price support programs for Burley tobacco, compensate quota holders for lost value, provide payments to producers, and assist communities affected by elimination of certain programs (H.R. 1658), E713 [3MY]

Education: close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), H2522 [22MY]

———include smaller learning community programs as an educational option, H2522 [22MY]

Lee H. Hamilton Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, New Albany, IN: designate (H.R. 1583), H5945 [24SE], E651 [26AP]

National security: develop local emergency response plans that provide a defined and unified response to terrorist attacks and other catastrophes, H6496 [10OC]

National Stroke Awareness Month: observance, H2390 [22MY]

Postal Service: bioterrorism preparedness and response funding, H8892 [5DE]

Social Security: protect Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms (H.R. 2), E219 [27FE]

Taxation: phase out estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), H1449 [4AP]

———rates (H.R. 3), H657 [7MR], H744, H773 [8MR]

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), H5523 [11SE]

Votes: position on missed, E1138 [18JN], E2119 [16NO]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H2385 [21MY], H7307 [24OC]

Special order: granted, H8947 [5DE]

Tributes

Reynolds, Christy, E218 [27FE]