PETERSON, JOHN E. (a Representative from Pennsylvania)

Appointments

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

———H.R. 2590, Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies appropriations, H6383 [5OC]

———H.R. 3061, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations, H7942 [8NO]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agricultural Market Transition Act: extend the expansion of producers eligible for loan deficiency payments (see H.R. 2027), H3466 [21JN]

Agriculture: prohibit products containing dry ultra-filtered milk or casein from being labeled domestic natural cheese (see H.R. 1016), H927 [14MR]

Animals: increase the availability of drugs for minor species and rare diseases in all animals (see H.R. 1956), H4378 [20JY]

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

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

Bankruptcy: amend laws (see H.R. 333), H412 [26FE]

Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary Commission: establish (see H.R. 2362), H3802 [28JN]

BLM: provide permanent funding for the payment in lieu of taxes program (see H.R. 1811), H2956 [6JN] (see H.R. 1811), H7853 [6NO]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 8), H624 [1MR]

———establish 2-year cycle (see H.R. 981), H5927 [21SE]

Children and youth: establish an international infant and child nutrition and education program (see H.R. 1700), H2387 [21MY]

———improve academic and social outcomes for students by providing productive activities during after-school hours (see H.R. 1822), H4541 [24JY]

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), H3358 [20JN]

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

Congress: hold joint session in New York, NY (see H. Con. Res. 249), H7853 [6NO]

Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to officers, emergency personnel, and governmental employees who responded to the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center (see H.R. 3054), H8421 [27NO]

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

Correctional institutions: prohibit operation by private contractors and require persons convicted of Federal offenses be housed in facilities managed and maintained by governmental employees (see H.R. 1764), H3806 [28JN]

Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 476), H221 [7FE]

———protect unborn victims of violence (see H.R. 503), H929 [14MR]

Dept. of HHS: establish an Office on Men's Health (see H.R. 632), H832 [12MR]

Dept. of Labor: impose limitations on the wage that an employer is required to pay an H-2A nonimmigrant agricultural worker (see H.R. 2457), H4217 [18JY]

Dept. of Transportation: establish a grant program for the rehabilitation, preservation, or improvement of railroad track (see H.R. 1020), H1346 [29MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify compensation standards for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans suffering from certain undiagnosed illnesses (see H.R. 612), H2387 [21MY]

———establish a national cemetery for veterans in the Valley Forge National Historic Park (see H.R. 1237), H1188 [27MR]

Diseases: expand research activities relative to Duchenne muscular dystrophy (see H.R. 717), H1660 [26AP]

———extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 2725), H5333 [2AU]

Drugs: extend and modify the Drug-Free Communities Support Program and authorize a National Community Antidrug Coalition Institute (see H.R. 2291), H4378 [20JY]

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

———require parental notification and consent before enrollment of a child in a bilingual education or special alternative instructional language program (see H.R. 385), H444 [27FE]

Edward N. Cahn Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Allentown, PA: designate (see H.R. 558), H444 [27FE]

Employment: provide compensatory time for all employees (see H.R. 1982), H3068 [12JN]

Endangered Species Act: vest in the Dept. of the Interior functions relative to certain migratory fish (see H.R. 2409), H4217 [18JY]

English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 280), H2022 [8MY]

Fair Labor Standards Act: permit certain youth to perform certain work with wood (see H.R. 2639), H4634 [25JY]

Federal agencies and departments: review of efficiency and need for certain agencies (see H.R. 2373), H5592 [11SE]

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

Financial institutions: encourage a strong community-based banking system (see H.R. 1220), H5455 [6SE]

Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 950), H3466 [21JN]

———prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see H.R. 123), H5125 [1AU]

———protect and enforce the right to obtain and use firearms for security, self-defense, and other legitimate purposes (see H.R. 31), H3358 [20JN]

———protect manufacturers and sellers in the firearms and ammunition industry from restrictions on interstate or foreign commerce (see H.R. 2037), H2847 [25MY]

———protect right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 1460), H4949 [31JY]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 36), H1411 [3AP]

Food industry: ensure that all persons who benefit from the dairy promotion and research program contribute to the cost of the program (see H.R. 2248), H3619 [26JN]

Foreign trade: prohibit importation of diamonds unless the countries exporting the diamonds have in place certain controls to verify the source of the diamonds (see H.R. 918), H740 [7MR]

Freedom of religion: constitutional amendment on protection (see H.J. Res. 81), H10966 [20DE]

Gambling: expand and modernize the prohibition against interstate gambling (see H.R. 3215), H7717 [1NO]

———prohibit gambling on high school and college sports and the Olympic games (see H.R. 1110), H3619 [26JN]

Government: require Congress and the President to fulfill their constitutional duty to take personal responsibility for Federal laws (see H.R. 105), H741 [7MR]

Health: emphasize the importance of organ, tissue, bone marrow, and blood donation, and support National Donor Day (see H. Con. Res. 31), H324 [13FE]

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

History: celebrate anniversary of William Penn's Charter of Privileges, the Liberty Bell, and the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence (see H. Con. Res. 254), H7719 [1NO]

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

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

Iran and Libya Sanctions Act: extend authorities (see H.R. 1954), H3260 [19JN]

Iron and steel industry: provide certain safeguards relative to the domestic steel industry (see H.R. 808), H621 [1MR]

Lakes: require Federal agencies to enhance recreational experiences for the public (see H.R. 1013), H927 [14MR]

Land and Water Conservation Fund Act: provide greater protection of private property rights (see H.R. 1592), H2571 [22MY]

Languages: repeal Executive order on providing access to Federal programs and activities for persons with limited English proficiency (see H.R. 969), H878 [13MR]

Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H1556 [24AP]

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

Lumber industry: importation of unfairly traded Canadian lumber (see H. Con. Res. 54), H741 [7MR]

Medicare: coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1624), H3151 [13JN]

———coverage of screening pap smears and pelvic exams (see H.R. 1202), H1114 [22MR]

———eliminate reduction in payment rates under the prospective payment system for home health services and increase payments for such services in rural areas (see H.R. 975), H874 [13MR]

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

———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), H1925 [3MY]

———provide regulatory relief, appeals process reforms, contracting flexibility, and education improvements (see H.R. 3046), H7852 [6NO]

———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), H1718 [1MY]

Medicare/Medicaid: waive certain nurse aide training requirements (see H.R. 1510), H4113 [17JY]

Monuments and memorials: prohibit extension or establishment of any national monument without an express act of Congress (see H.R. 2114), H2997 [7JN]

Motor vehicles: provide for greater fairness in the motor vehicle franchise contract arbitration process (see H.R. 1296), H1343 [29MR]

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

National Apprenticeship Act: ensure that apprenticeship program applications are processed in a fair and timely manner (see H.R. 1950), H5456 [6SE]

National emblems: designate the oak tree as the national tree (see H.R. 1936), H2713 [24MY]

National Health Center Week: establish (see H. Con. Res. 179), H3805 [28JN]

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

National Sea Grant College Program Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1071), H2889 [5JN]

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

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: establish position of Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Small Business (see H.R. 1782), H8133 [13NO]

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

Patriot Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 71), H7333 [25OC]

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

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 1444), H1484 (see H.R. 1444), H1494 [4AP] (see H.R. 2360), H3802 [28JN]

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

———guidelines for renovation, relocation, closing, or consolidation of post offices (see H.R. 1861), H2279 [16MY]

———protection of post offices (see H. Con. Res. 181), H4541 [24JY]

———treatment of cooperative mailings by nonprofit organizations (see H.R. 1169), H4216 [18JY]

Power resources: establish and implement competitive, environmentally sound, and job creating oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (see H.R. 39), H254 [8FE]

———provide secure energy supplies (see H.R. 2436), H3961 [11JY]

Public Health Service Act: amend relative to pharmacy health professions programs (see H.R. 2173), H3864 [10JY]

Public lands: establish terms and conditions for use of certain Federal lands by outfitters and facilitate public opportunities for the recreational use and enjoyment of such lands (see H.R. 2386), H3803 [28JN]

Public utilities: revise regulatory policies governing public utility holding companies (see H.R. 1101), H1010 [20MR]

Public welfare programs: authorize State use of funds provided under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program to support infant safe haven programs (see H.R. 2018), H4378 [20JY]

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]

Religion: eliminate the effect on the expression of religion by State and local officials that results from the threat that potential litigants may seek damages and attorney's fees (see H.R. 1273), H1294 [28MR]

Rural areas: promote and improve access to health care services (see H.R. 2157), H3149 [13JN]

Russia: condition participation in the Group of Eight on voluntary acceptance of and adherence to the norms and standards of democracy (see H. Con. Res. 128), H2999 [7JN]

Safe Drinking Water Act: provide grants to small public drinking water systems (see H.R. 1178), H2387 [21MY]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see H.R. 1644), H3466 [21JN]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 1774), H2388 [21MY]

Social Security: computation system for benefits relative to spouses' or surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 664), H2184 [15MY]

———earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 498), H741 [7MR]

———ensure solvency (see H. Con. Res. 214), H5338 [2AU]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 2638), H4634 [25JY]

———restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to certain individuals (see H.R. 1073), H2082 [9MY]

Solid waste: limit receipt of out-of-State municipal solid waste (see H.R. 1213), H1187 [27MR]

———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]

Steel Industry National Historic Park: establish (see H.R. 635), H1925 [3MY]

Tariff: impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see H.R. 1786), H3466 [21JN]

Taxation: allow a refundable credit for education expenses of children receiving or eligible to receive free or reduced price school meals (see H.R. 316), H443 [27FE]

———allow deduction for charitable contributions to individuals who do not itemize other deductions (see H.R. 777), H505 [28FE] (see H.R. 824), H622 [1MR]

———allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts (see H.R. 662), H1605 [25AP]

———allow individuals who claim a religious exemption from the self-employment tax to establish certain retirement plans (see H.R. 838), H622 [1MR]

———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]

———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), H4378 [20JY]

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

———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see H.R. 1172), H2712 [24MY]

———exclude certain severance payments from gross income (see H.R. 147), H827 [8MR]

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

———exclusion of gain from the sale of farmland (see H.R. 294), H3618 [26JN]

———exempt deduction for charitable contributions from the phase-out of itemized deductions (see H.R. 776), H505 [28FE]

———facilitate electric cooperative participation in a competitive electric power industry (see H.R. 1601), H5406 [5SE]

———first-time homebuyers tax credit (see H.R. 1773), H3863 [10JY]

———full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (see H.R. 154), H400 [14FE]

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

———incentives to assist small refiners to comply with new regulations on sulfur content in diesel fuel (see H.R. 2502), H4013 [16JY]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 267), H109 [30JA]

———include compensation for compulsory or involuntary commercial plant conversions as income or gain (see H.R. 2822), H5337 [2AU]

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

———permanently extend research credit and adjust the alternative incremental credit rates (see H.R. 41), H623 [1MR]

———permit churches and other houses of worship to engage in political campaigns (see H.R. 2357), H4725 [26JY]

———provide additional retirement savings opportunities for small employers and self-employed individuals (see H.R. 738), H441 [27FE]

———provide consistent treatment of survivor benefits for public safety officers killed in the line of duty (see H.R. 710), H4113 [17JY]

———provide relief for payment of asbestos-related claims (see H.R. 1412), H1861 [2MY]

———provide tax credit for educational expenses incurred in attending public or private elementary and secondary schools and in homeschooling (see H.R. 257), H443 [27FE]

———provide tax relief for health insurance and medical care expenses, establish more options for obtaining quality health care, and expand insurance coverage to the uninsured (see H.R. 2250), H3357 [20JN]

———provide tax relief to elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 516), H624 [1MR]

———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, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see H.R. 330), H163 [31JA]

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

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 122), H877 [13MR]

———treatment of certain medical savings accounts (see H.R. 1524), H3806 [28JN]

———treatment of computers and Internet access provided to employees for personal use (see H.R. 1835), H4353 [19JY]

———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]

———treatment of individual retirement accounts relative to charitable contributions (see H.R. 774), H505 [28FE]

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

Terrorism: declare a state of war between the U.S. and those determined to have planned, carried out, or otherwise supported the attacks against the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.J. Res. 63), H5615 [13SE]

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

———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]

Trade Adjustment Assistance Program: reauthorize (see H.R. 85), H507 [28FE]

Transportation: provide assistance for the construction of certain air traffic control towers (see H.R. 1979), H3260 [19JN]

U.N.: reject any decree, proclamation, or treaty adopted by the Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects which would infringe on the right of U.S. citizens to bear arms (see H. Res. 197), H4541 [24JY]

United We Stand Remembrance Day: designate (see H. Res. 260), H6505 [10OC]

Veterans: establish a comprehensive program for the testing and treatment of the hepatitis C virus (see H.R. 639), H3465 [21JN]

———increase educational benefits under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 1291), H2082 [9MY]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H1295 [28MR]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: authorize design and construction of a temporary education center (see H.R. 510), H1488 [4AP]

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 668), H2889 [5JN]

———Federal payment of fees and costs in proceedings relative to State water rights adjudications (see H.R. 705), H2680 [23MY]

World War II: preserve certain Federal court actions relative to Japanese companies compensating former prisoners of war used as slave labor (see H.R. 1198), H3863 [10JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Medicaid: permit additional States to enter into long-term care partnerships in order to promote the use of long-term care insurance (see H.R. 1041), H952 [15MR]

Oil Region National Heritage Area: establish (see H.R. 695), H397 [14FE]

Paterno, Joe: tribute (see H. Res. 276), H7591 [31OC]

Remarks

Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), H6288, H6348, H6350, H6351 [4OC]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, H5156, H5164 [1AU]

———preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness, H5164 [1AU]

———use Federal share of oil and gas leasing royalties for the Renewable Energy Technology Fund and the Royalties Conservation Fund, H5153 [1AU]

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]

Dept. of Agriculture: provide for maintenance of concrete dams and weirs located in the Emigrant Wilderness (H.R. 434), H5463, H5464 [10SE]

Dept. of the Interior: authorize feasibility studies of water resource projects in Washington (H.R. 1937), H5464 [10SE]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2217), H3388, H3410, H3411, H3426 [21JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3061), conference report, H10434 [19DE]

El Camino Real de los Tejas: designate as a national historic trail (H.R. 1628), H5461, H5462, H5463, H5465 [10SE]

FERC: imposition of caps on electricity rates, H3525 [26JN]

Forest Service: Recreational Fee Demonstration Program termination, H3410, H3411 [21JN]

Gulf of Mexico: prohibit oil and gas leasing activities in certain areas, H3426 [21JN]

Intermountain Dairy Compact: congressional consent, H6288 [4OC]

National Fibromyalgia Awareness Day: observance, E787 [10MY]

Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact: reauthorize, H6288 [4OC]

Oil Region National Heritage Area: establish (H.R. 695), H5459, H5460 [10SE]

Pacific Northwest Dairy Compact: congressional consent, H6288 [4OC]

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

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 4), H4969, H4973, H4974, H4975, H4976 [31JY], H5153, H5156, H5164 [1AU]

———national energy policy, H2327 [17MY], H2662, H2663, H2664 [23MY], H4437 [24JY], H4969, H4973, H4974, H4975, H4976 [31JY]

Rural areas: rural development programs funding, H6348, H6350, H6351 [4OC]

Southern Dairy Compact: congressional consent, H6288 [4OC]

Taxation: phase out estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), H1400, H1403 [3AP]

Terrorism: making emergency appropriations for disaster and antiterrorism initiatives surrounding the crashing of aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H.R. 2888), H5625 [14SE]

Treaties and agreements: decision not to ratify Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gas emissions, H2660, H2661, H2662, H2663, H2664 [23MY]

Votes: position on missed, H2247 [16MY], E768 [10MY]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H1478 [4AP]

Special order: granted, H1058 [21MR], H2278 [16MY], H3710 [27JN], H4214 [18JY], H4351 [19JY]

Tributes

McFarland, Richard P., E412 [21MR]

Seitz, Frederick, E1076 [12JN]

Starzl, Thomas E., E630 [25AP]