CASTLE, MICHAEL N. (a Representative from Delaware)

Appointments

Committee on Intelligence (House, Select), H77 [30JA]

Conferee: H.R. 1, No Child Left Behind Act, H4130 [18JY]

———H.R. 333, Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act, H4954 [31JY]

———H.R. 2883, intelligence services appropriations, H8849 [5DE]

———S. 1438, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, H7097 [17OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Afghanistan: provide for the removal from power of the Taliban regime (see H.R. 3088), H7910 [7NO]

Agriculture: repeal peanut quotas, reduce peanut loan rates, and require the Dept. of Agriculture to purchase peanuts for nutrition programs (see H.R. 2164), H3714 [27JN]

American Discovery Trail: designate (see H.R. 36), H1925 [3MY]

Appropriations: constitutional amendment on line-item veto (see H.J. Res. 23), H8421 [27NO]

Armed Forces: exclude certain housing allowances of uniformed services members from the determination of eligibility for free and reduced price meals for children of the individual (see H.R. 3082), H8421 [27NO]

Aung San Suu Kyi: anniversary of Nobel Peace Prize (see H. Con. Res. 211), H5338 [2AU]

Aviation: require background checks for individuals enrolled in flight schools (see H.R. 2932), H6056 [25SE]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (see H.R. 333), H163 [31JA]

Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary Commission: establish (see H.R. 2362), H4780 [27JY]

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

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

———use of a legislative trigger or safety mechanism to link long-term Federal budget surplus reductions with actual budgetary outcomes (see H. Con. Res. 55), H741 [7MR]

Burma: U.S. policy (see H. Con. Res. 211), H5338 [2AU]

Business and industry: increase civil penalties for violations involving certain actions that exploit popular reaction to a Presidentially declared emergency or disaster (see H.R. 2985), H6135 [2OC]

Computers: establish an Internet site on Federal financial assistance (see H.R. 782), H1925 [3MY]

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), H8843 [4DE]

Corp of Engineers: shore protection and beach replenishment projects funding (see H. Con. Res. 142), H2679 [23MY]

Crime: provide additional punishments for offenders committing fraud aimed at taking advantage of a national emergency (see H.R. 2986), H6136 [2OC]

Cyprus: membership in European Union (see H. Con. Res. 164), H5407 [5SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: regulate loans to certain processors of sugarcane and sugar beets (see H.R. 2081), H3260 [19JN]

Dept. of Defense: establish at least one Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team in each State and at least one such team under the direction of the National Guard Bureau (see H.R. 3154), H8421 [27NO]

———expand program which allows State and local law enforcement agencies to procure certain equipment to include counter-terrorism equipment (see H.R. 3025), H7529 [30OC]

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

Diseases: expand research activities relative to Duchenne muscular dystrophy (see H.R. 717), H1605 [25AP]

Earnhardt, Dale: tribute (see H. Res. 57), H442 [27FE]

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), H393 [14FE]

Foreign aid: provide debt relief to developing countries with coral reef preservation and management programs (see H.R. 2272), H3464 [21JN]

Health: develop the field of health promotion and disease prevention and develop strategies to integrate health and lifestyle improvement programs into national policy (see H. Res. 115), H1487 (see H. Res. 115), H1499 [4AP]

———improve access to health care services for uninsured and low-income individuals in medically under served areas (see H. Res. 87), H1014 [20MR]

Health care professionals: alleviate nursing profession shortage by improving educational programs and partnerships and supporting additional training (see H.R. 1436), H6137 [2OC]

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), H2710 [24MY]

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

Immigration: allow the Dept. of State and INS electronic access to certain FBI criminal records to determine whether or not a visa applicant or applicant for admission has a criminal record (see H.R. 2965), H6380 [4OC]

Intermountain Dairy Compact: congressional consent (see H.R. 1827), H2147 [14MY]

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act: juvenile delinquency prevention and accountability programs funding (see H.R. 1900), H5488 [10SE]

Lamb, Brian: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1565), H1861 [2MY]

Medicaid: revise and simplify the transitional medical assistance program (see H.R. 2775), H5335 [2AU]

Medicare: coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1624), H5455 [6SE]

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

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

National discovery trails: establish (see H.R. 36), H1925 [3MY]

National Peace Officers Memorial Day: designate (see H. Res. 116), H1488 (see H. Res. 116), H1499 [4AP]

Natural resources: promote the conservation and preservation of working farms, ranches, and private forests (see H.R. 2375), H5456 [6SE]

Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact: reauthorize (see H.R. 1827), H2147 [14MY]

Office of Homeland Security: establish (see H.R. 3026), H6378 [4OC]

Pacific Northwest Dairy Compact: congressional consent (see H.R. 1827), H2147 [14MY]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 380), H165 [31JA]

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), H7128 [17OC]

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

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

SBA: authorize loans to small businesses and certain other businesses that suffered substantial economic injury as a result of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 3230), H7851 [6NO]

Southern Dairy Compact: congressional consent (see H.R. 1827), H2147 [14MY]

Taxation: allow a credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by Amtrak (see H.R. 2329), H3711 [27JN]

———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), H3466 [21JN]

———clarify eligibility of certain expenses for low-income housing credit (see H.R. 3324), H8565 [28NO]

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

———encourage and accelerate the nationwide production, retail sale, and consumer use of new motor vehicles that are powered by alternative fuels or other advanced motor vehicle technologies (see H.R. 1864), H4113 [17JY]

———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 622), H828 [8MR]

Telephones: prohibit telemarketers from interfering with a consumers caller identification service (see H.R. 90), H112 [30JA]

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), H5926 [21SE]

———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), H6057 [25SE]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

Armed Forces: exclude certain housing allowances of uniformed services members from the determination of eligibility for free and reduced price meals for children of the individual (see H.R. 3216), H7717 [1NO]

Aviation: require background checks for pilot and flight service training applicants (see H.R. 2957), H6055 [25SE]

Darley, Felix O.C.: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 216), H5405 [5SE]

Firearms: require criminal background checks for sale, offer for sale, transfer, or exchange of firearms at certain events and provide additional resources for gun crime enforcement (see H.R. 2377), H3803 [28JN]

Immigration: improve procedures relative to the admission to, and departure from the U.S. (see H.R. 3077), H6504 [10OC]

Members of Congress: restrict use of franked mass mailings (see H.R. 533), H253 [8FE]

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), H1345 [29MR]

Taxation: expand Federal tax refund intercept program for parents delinquent on child support to cover children who are not minors (see H.R. 869), H648 [6MR]

Volunteer firefighters: remove civil liability barriers surrounding donating fire equipment to volunteer fire companies (see H.R. 1919), H2386 [21MY]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H9087 [11DE]

Remarks

Agriculture: conservation programs funding, H6319 [4OC]

———continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), H6319 [4OC]

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), H5646 [14SE]

———exclude certain housing allowances of uniformed services members from the determination of eligibility for free and reduced price meals for children of the individual (H.R. 3216), H9087, H9089 [11DE]

Arts and humanities: National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment for the Humanities, and Institute of Museum and Library Services funding through reductions in Dept. of the Interior and Forest Service funding, H3388 [21JN]

Budget: revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), H1212 [28MR]

———revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), consideration (H. Res. 100), H1198 [28MR]

Chemical Safety and Hazard Inspection Board: funding, H4760 [27JY]

Children and youth: recognize importance and support goals and ideas of National Youth Day (H. Res. 124), H3267 [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), H2854 [5JN]

Committee on Financial Services (House): establish, H13 [3JA]

Corps of Engineers: shore protection and beach replenishment projects funding, H3666 [27JN]

Darley, Felix O.C.: issue commemorative postage stamp (H. Con. Res. 216), E1572 [5SE]

Delaware Underground Railroad Coalition: heritage plan funding, H3418 [21JN]

Dept. of Education: national testing standards, H2527 [22MY]

———pilot program to establish performance agreements with school districts to consolidate certain Federal funds and to allow flexibility in the use of such funds, H2538 [22MY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2217), H3388, H3418 [21JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3061), H6637 [11OC]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2620), H4760 [27JY]

Earnhardt, Dale: tribute (H. Res. 57), H421 [27FE]

Education: 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), H2406, H2527, H2534, H2538 [22MY], H2578, H2613 [23MY]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), consideration (H. Res. 143), H2300 [17MY]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 315), H10097 [13DE]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), motion to go to conference, H4122 [18JY]

———ensure fairness and accuracy of student standardized tests and require the use of additional student performance measures for evaluations, H2406 [22MY]

———provide safer schools and a better educational environment, H2613 [23MY]

———require a comparison between achievement levels and State annual achievement objectives of certain student subgroups, H2534 [22MY]

———tribute to Catholic schools (H. Res. 28), H181 [6FE]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2311), H3666 [27JN]

Higher Education Act: remove limits on Internet course offerings, modify treatment of non-standard term programs, and clarify incentive compensation requirements (H.R. 1992), H6477 [10OC]

House Rules: adopt and amend (H. Res. 5), H13 [3JA]

Immigration: improve policies relative to national security, H6709 [12OC]

———improve procedures relative to the admission to, and departure from the U.S., H10473 [19DE]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: funding, H6637 [11OC]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2883), H6389 [5OC]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2883), conference report, H9251 [12DE]

———enhance intelligence and intelligence-related activities in the prevention of terrorism, H6389 [5OC]

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act: juvenile delinquency prevention and accountability programs funding (H.R. 1900), H5761 [20SE]

Law enforcement: improve security at U.S. borders (H.R. 3525), H10473 [19DE]

Lewes, DE: tribute to Cape Henlopen High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, E594 [24AP]

National Fallen Firefighters Memorial: commemorate fallen firefighters by lowering the U.S. flag to half-staff during the memorial service in Emmitsburg, MD (H.J. Res. 42), H6078 [2OC], E490 [29MR], E1784 [3OC]

Santee, CA: shooting of students at Santana High School (H. Con. Res. 57), H838, H839, H842, H845 [13MR]

Schools: allow display of the words ``God Bless America'' in public schools (H. Con. Res. 248), H6790, H6791 [16OC]

———honor Native Americans for their contributions to U.S. history, culture, and education (H. Res. 168), H3271, H3272 [20JN]

Taxation: expand Federal tax refund intercept program for parents delinquent on child support to cover children who are not minors (H.R. 869), E280 [6MR]

———phase out estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), H1443 [4AP]

———rates (H.R. 3), H781 [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), H5518 [11SE]

———deter and punish terrorist acts and enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (H.R. 2975), consideration (H. Res. 264), same-day consideration (H. Res. 263), H6709 [12OC]

Volunteer firefighters: remove civil liability barriers surrounding donating fire equipment to volunteer fire companies (H.R. 1919), E863 [21MY]

Voting: establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (H.R. 3295), H9292 [12DE]

Washington: tribute to Delaware firefighters for efforts during Wenatchee National Forest fire, E1573 [5SE]

Weihenmayer, Erik: tribute for being first blind person to climb Mount Everest and recognition of abilities and potential of disabled individuals (H. Con. Res. 150), H2904, H2905, H2906 [6JN]

Tables

Elementary and secondary education funding 1990-2001, H6637 [11OC]

Tributes

Armstead, Clifton E., E2348 [20DE]

Cubbage, James L., Jr., E1627 [11SE]

Eichler, Thomas P., E318 [8MR]

Mast, Julia, E1627 [11SE]

Matan, M. Joseph, E1674 [20SE]

Raymond, Harold R. (Tubby), H8187 [15NO]

Selmser, Lynn, E476 [28MR]

Spiker, Carol, E566 [5AP]