GILCHREST, WAYNE T. (a Representative from Maryland)

Amendments

Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), H6148 [2OC], H6347 [4OC]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 2586), H5731 [19SE], H5852 [20SE]

Fish and fishing: efforts to rehabilitate salmon stocks in the Pacific Northwest (H.R. 1157), H3073 [12JN]

Appointments

U.S. Naval Academy Board of Visitors, H626 [5MR]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Air pollution: reduce emissions from electric powerplants (see H.R. 1256), H1189 [27MR]

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

Animals: improve enforcement of the Animal Welfare Act as it applies to commercial dog breeders (see H.R. 3058), H10910 [19DE]

———prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (see H.R. 397), H1346 [29MR]

Armed Forces: provide retirees all benefits promised to them upon enlistment (see H.R. 51), H741 [7MR]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 179), H112 [30JA]

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), H2081 [9MY]

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

———improve security (see H.R. 3150), H7127 [17OC]

———provide economic relief to general aviation entities that have suffered economic injury as a result of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 3347), H9078 [6DE]

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), H875 [13MR]

CERCLA: exempt small businesses from certain liability (see H.R. 1831), H2182 [15MY]

Charity Accountability Board: establish (see H.R. 3192), H8339 [16NO]

Clean Air Act: reduce acid deposition (see H.R. 25), H955 [15MR]

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1699), H2335 [17MY]

Computers: improve Internet security and protect against cyberterrorism (see H. Con. Res. 22), H624 [1MR]

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]

Corps of Engineers: reform (see H.R. 1310), H1344 [29MR]

———revise certain policies for the purpose of improving the Corps' community relations (see H.R. 2353), H3712 [27JN]

Crime: life imprisonment for repeat offenders who commit sex offenses against children (see H.R. 2146), H3149 [13JN]

———provide incentives for States to enact mandatory minimum sentences for certain firearms offenses (see H.R. 534), H929 [14MR]

Dept. of Defense: tribute to the U.S.S. Eisenhower Battle Group during its extended deployment for the war effort in Afghanistan (see H. Con. Res. 279), H8843 [4DE]

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

Dept. of HUD: assist States, tribal governments, and Native Hawaiian organizations with land use planning to promote improved quality of life, regionalism, sustainable economic development, and environmental stewardship (see H.R. 1433), H1483 (see H.R. 1433), H1493 [4AP]

Dept. of the Interior: maintain moratoria on new oil and natural gas leasing activity on portions of the Outer Continental Shelf (see H. Con. Res. 136), H2280 [16MY]

———promote efforts to provide a scientific basis for the management of sediment and nutrient loss in the Upper Mississippi River Basin (see H.R. 3480), H10065 [13DE]

Diseases: expand research activities relative to Duchenne muscular dystrophy (see H.R. 717), H1489 [4AP]

———increased support and funding to combat juvenile diabetes (see H. Con. Res. 36), H508 [28FE]

District of Columbia: make permanent the Federal-local funding match for the Water and Sewer Authority (see H.R. 2306), H3518 [25JN]

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

EPA: establish a grant program to support research on critical infrastructure protection for water supply systems (see H.R. 3178), H8248 [15NO]

———establish position of Deputy Administrator for Science and Technology (see H.R. 64), H2571 [22MY]

FDA: grant authority to regulate tobacco (see H.R. 1097), H1346 [29MR]

Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 1841), H6919 [16OC]

Fish and fishing: establish a fisheries habitat protection, restoration, and enhancement program (see H.R. 325), H1605 [25AP]

Flag—U.S.: 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]

———protect (see H.R. 2312), H3617 [26JN]

Floods: reduce losses (see H.R. 2021), H2847 [25MY]

Food Security Act: expand conservation reserve (see H.R. 1082), H1116 [22MR]

Foreign policy: recognize important relationship between the U.S. and the Philippines (see H. Con. Res. 273), H8949 [5DE]

FTC: issue new rules regulating telemarketing firms (see H.R. 232), H64 [6JA]

Gambling: expand and modernize the prohibition against interstate gambling (see H.R. 3215), H8732 [29NO]

———prohibit gambling on high school and college sports and the Olympic games (see H.R. 1110), H3713 [27JN]

———protect amateur athletics and combat illegal sports gambling (see H.R. 641), H1116 [22MR]

Health: improve access to prescription drugs under Medicare and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and health care coverage for seniors, the self-employed, and children (see H.R. 1387), H1481 (see H.R. 1387), H1491 [4AP]

———support Federal funding of pluripotent stem cell research (see H. Con. Res. 17), H3961 [11JY]

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), H1925 [3MY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 737), H1121 [26MR] (see H.R. 1330), H1406 [3AP]

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), H254 [8FE]

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

Iran and Libya Sanctions Act: extend authorities (see H.R. 1954), H2677 [23MY]

Iron and steel industry: provide certain safeguards relative to the domestic steel industry (see H.R. 808), H1410 [3AP]

King, Martin Luther, Jr. and Coretta Scott: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2723), H5333 [2AU]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 1109), H3260 [19JN]

Law enforcement officers: adjust certain U.S. Park Police and Secret Service pension benefits as a result of the conversion to a new salary schedule (see H.R. 1887, 1887), H3207 [18JN]

Marine mammals: reaffirm opposition to commercial and lethal scientific whaling and provide protection for and conservation of the world's whale populations to prevent trade in whale meat (see H. Con. Res. 180), H3805 [28JN]

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

Medicare: coverage of additional hemodialysis treatments for certain patients and increased update in composite rate for dialysis services (see H.R. 2220), H6056 [25SE]

———coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1624), H10355 [18DE]

———limit penalty for late enrollment (see H.R. 1177), H1113 [22MR]

———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]

———reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities (see H.R. 1911), H3151 [13JN]

———remove restrictions on coverage of periodic health examinations (see H.R. 1568), H1555 [24AP]

———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), H9240 [11DE]

Merchant marine industry: tribute to service and sacrifice (see H. Con. Res. 109), H1718 [1MY]

Motor vehicles: increase fuel economy standards for light trucks, sport utility vehicles (SUVs), and the Federal fleet, and increase weight limit of vehicles subject to fuel economy standards (see H.R. 1815), H2141 [10MY]

National 4-H Program Centennial Initiative: funding (see H.R. 1388), H4634 [25JY]

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

National Health Service Corps: reauthorize, amend scholarship and loan programs tax status and repayment rules, and simplify application process (see H.R. 1968), H2678 [23MY]

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

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

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

Office of Technology Assessment: reestablish (see H.R. 2148), H3149 [13JN]

Outer Continental Shelf: use of oil and gas production royalties to establish a fund for outdoor conservation and recreation needs (see H.R. 701), H1664 [27AP]

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

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

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

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 250), H108 [30JA]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 1140), H1191 [27MR]

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

Ripken, Cal, Jr.: tribute (see H. Res. 247), H6137 [2OC]

Rivers: reduce sediment and nutrient loss in the Upper Mississippi River Basin (see H.R. 1800), H2140 [10MY]

Rural areas: promote and improve access to health care services (see H.R. 2157), H3359 [20JN]

Schools: provide grants for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training in public schools (see H.R. 630), H394 [14FE]

Sec. of the Navy: redesignate as the Sec. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 3478), H10065 [13DE]

Sharon, Ariel: commend election as Prime Minister of Israel, encourage end to Middle East violence, and reaffirm U.S. commitment to friendship (see H. Res. 34), H325 [13FE]

Ships and vessels: encourage safe and responsible use of personal watercraft (see H.R. 702), H397 [14FE]

———stimulate increased domestic cruise ship opportunities by temporarily reducing barriers for entry into the domestic cruise ship trade (see H.R. 2901), H5736 [19SE]

Smithsonian Institution: establish National Museum of African American History and Culture (see H.R. 1718), H2571 [22MY]

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

———computation system for benefits relative to spouses' or surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 664), H395 [14FE]

———earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 498), H222 [7FE]

Solid waste: State and local control over the flow of municipal solid waste (see H.R. 1214), H1187 [27MR]

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

Taxation: allow a tax credit for certain energy-efficient property (see H.R. 1275), H1294 [28MR]

———allow an employer tax credit for the costs of providing certain transportation fringe benefits to employees (see H.R. 906), H1557 [24AP]

———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), H1605 [25AP]

———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), H2022 [8MY]

———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), H5704 [14SE]

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

———encourage contributions of capital gain real property for conservation purposes and qualified conservation contributions, and modify rules on estate tax exclusion for certain land (see H.R. 1309), H10910 [19DE]

———exclusion from gross income for foster care payments relative to certain nongovernmental placement agencies (see H.R. 586), H444 [27FE]

———expand Federal tax refund intercept program for parents delinquent on child support to cover children who are not minors (see H.R. 869), H1121 [26MR]

———extension of the credit for producing electricity from biomass (see H.R. 1657), H3002 [8JN]

———increase limitation on contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 12), H507 [28FE]

———provide a uniform dollar limitation for transportation fringe benefits excludable from gross income (see H.R. 318), H1556 [24AP]

———provide tax relief to elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 516), H223 [7FE]

———reduce and simplify income tax rates and eliminate marriage tax penalty (see H.R. 456), H400 [14FE]

———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), H167 [31JA]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 122), H400 [14FE]

———treatment of expenses in connection with services as a member of a Reserve component of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 968), H1489 [4AP]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 831), H5339 [2AU]

———treatment of income from land sold to a government agency or a nonprofit organization for conservation purposes (see H.R. 2290), H10966 [20DE]

———treatment of loan payments received under the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 1401), H3960 [11JY]

———treatment of tips (see H.R. 1274), H1294 [28MR]

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

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

———issue commemorative postage stamp to assist families of victims of attacks at the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 2905), H5925 [21SE]

———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), H8732 [29NO]

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

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H1488 [4AP]

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

Volunteer firefighters: remove civil liability barriers surrounding donating fire equipment to volunteer fire companies (see H.R. 1919), H7127 [17OC]

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), H3960 [11JY]

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 668), H955 [15MR]

Wildlife: protect, conserve, and restore native fish, wildlife, and their natural habitats on Federal lands through grants to control, mitigate, and eradicate harmful nonnative species (see H.R. 3558), H10963 [20DE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

African Elephant Conservation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 643), H395 [14FE]

Armed Forces: revise the computation of military disability retired pay for certain members injured while a cadet or midshipman at a service academy (see H.R. 2685), H4948 [31JY]

Coastal Zone Management Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3577), H10964 [20DE]

Fish and fishing: reauthorize various fishery conservation management programs (see H.R. 1989), H2710 [24MY]

National Foster Parents Day: support (see H. Con. Res. 24), H254 [8FE]

National Sea Grant College Program Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3389), H8746 [30NO]

NOAA: reauthorize Chesapeake Bay Office (see H.R. 642), H395 [14FE]

Political campaigns: prohibit contributions by nondistrict residents in elections to the House of Representatives (see H.R. 450), H220 [7FE]

———prohibit contributions by nonparty multicandidate political committees in Federal elections (see H.R. 449), H220 [7FE]

Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 645), H395 [14FE]

Terrorism: improve Federal efforts to prepare for, and respond to, terrorist attacks (see H.R. 525), H252 [8FE]

Treaties and agreements: approve a governing international fishery agreement between the U.S. and Estonia (see H.R. 644), H395 [14FE]

Letters

Response to the continuing economic crisis adversely affecting agricultural producers: by, S8413 [31JY]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H3470 [25JN]

Remarks

African Elephant Conservation Act: reauthorize (H.R. 643), H3009, H3010 [12JN], E198 [14FE]

Agriculture: conservation programs funding, H6305, H6313 [4OC]

———continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), H6293, H6305, H6313, H6347 [4OC]

———respond to the continuing economic crisis adversely affecting agricultural producers (H.R. 2213), H3537 [26JN]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2330), H3923 [11JY]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, H5161 [1AU]

———preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness, H5161 [1AU]

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), H5651 [14SE]

———revise the computation of military disability retired pay for certain members injured while a cadet or midshipman at a service academy, H5853 [20SE]

Asian Elephant Conservation Act: reauthorize (H.R. 700), H3015, H3016, H3019 [12JN]

Aviation: Federal versus private employment status for aviation security personnel, H7674 [1NO]

———improve security (H.R. 3150), H7674 [1NO]

Buy American Act: compliance, H3088 [13JN]

Chestertown, MD: tribute to the Schooner Sultana Project, E440 [22MR]

Climate: global warming, H3823 [10JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish a conservation corridor program, H6347 [4OC]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 2586), H5853 [20SE]

Dept. of Education: national testing standards, H2528 [22MY]

———State testing and assessment programs funding, H2412 [22MY]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2299), H3583 [26JN]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2500), H4085 [17JY]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2620), H4750 [27JY]

Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge: establish (H.R. 1230), H8393, H8394, H8395 [27NO]

Education: close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), H2412, H2528 [22MY]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 315), H10090 [13DE]

EPA: implementation of Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gas emissions, H3923 [11JY]

———prohibit use of funds to delay implementation of revised drinking water standards for arsenic, H4750 [27JY]

Fish and fishing: continue State management of the West Coast Dungeness Crab fishery (H.R. 1661), H2900 [6JN]

———efforts to rehabilitate salmon stocks in the Pacific Northwest (H.R. 1157), H3082, H3085, H3088, H3090 [13JN]

———ensure that efforts to rehabilitate salmon stocks in the Pacific Northwest do not include genetically engineered fish, H3090 [13JN]

———reauthorize various fishery conservation management programs (H.R. 1989), H9156, H9157 [11DE]

Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge: designate the Richard J. Guadagno Headquarters and Visitors Center (H.R. 3334), H10181, H10182 [18DE]

Intermountain Dairy Compact: congressional consent, H6293 [4OC]

Kyoto Protocol: allow funding for certain activities authorized by law, H3583 [26JN]

Maryland: tribute to citizens opposing the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal deepening project, H715 [7MR]

Motor vehicles: average fuel economy standards for sport utility vehicles and other light trucks, H5118 [1AU]

NOAA: funding, H4085 [17JY]

———reauthorize Chesapeake Bay Office (H.R. 642), H1357, H1358, H1360 [3AP]

Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact: reauthorize, H6293 [4OC]

Pacific Northwest Dairy Compact: congressional consent, H6293 [4OC]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 4), H5118, H5161 [1AU]

Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act: reauthorize (H.R. 645), H3470, H3471 [25JN], E199 [14FE]

Southern Dairy Compact: congressional consent, H6293 [4OC]

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 (H. Con. Res. 233), H7386 [30OC]

Tropical Forest Conservation Act: reauthorize (H.R. 2131), H3823 [10JY]

Vietnam: human rights violations, H4647 [26JY]

———make normal trade relations status contingent upon free emigration policies (H.J. Res. 55), H4647 [26JY]

Wolf Trap Farm Park for the Performing Arts: rename as Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts (H.R. 2440), H9154, H9155 [11DE]

Remarks in House relative to

Gilchrest, Representative: designation as Speaker pro tempore during adjournment, H10938 [20DE]

Speaker pro tempore: designation during adjournment, H5324 [2AU]

Special order: granted, H738 [7MR]

Reports

Coltran Boom, Gorilla Bust, H3010-H3015 [12JN]