GANSKE, GREG (a Representative from Iowa)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Africa: efforts to reduce hunger in sub-Saharan Africa (see H. Con. Res. 102), H5126 [1AU]

Capital punishment: ensure that defendants in capital cases have adequate counsel and allow those convicted to have a reasonable opportunity to present new evidence of innocence (see H.R. 912), H929 [14MR]

CERCLA: exempt small businesses from certain liability (see H.R. 1831), H2281 [16MY]

Charity Accountability Board: establish (see H.R. 3192), H8181 [14NO]

Children and youth: establish an international infant and child nutrition and education program (see H.R. 1700), H2281 [16MY]

China, People's Republic of: condemn detention and call for immediate release of U.S. scholars of Chinese ancestry (see H. Res. 160), H3261 [19JN]

Communications Act: increase penalties for common carrier violations (see H.R. 1765), H2083 [9MY]

Crime: provide incentives for States to enact mandatory minimum sentences for certain firearms offenses (see H.R. 534), H1295 [28MR]

Cuba: assist internal opposition and further help the Cuban people to regain their freedom (see H.R. 1271), H1294 [28MR]

———make exception to trade embargo for food, medicines, and goods and services intended for children, lift travel restrictions, and provide scholarships for certain Cuban nationals (see H.R. 2138), H3067 [12JN]

Dept. of HHS: antimicrobial resistance activities in the interagency public health action plan (see H.R. 1771), H2081 [9MY]

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

———require consideration of sulfur or carbon emissions reductions and make renewable fuel projects eligible under the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program (see H.R. 2088), H2955 [6JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: dispense medications to veterans for prescriptions written by private practitioners (see H.R. 1136), H1346 [29MR]

———improve outreach program to more fully inform veterans of available benefits (see H.R. 511), H400 [14FE]

Diseases: eliminate tuberculosis (see H.R. 1167), H1112 [22MR]

———expand research activities relative to Duchenne muscular dystrophy (see H.R. 717), H398 [14FE]

———increased support and funding to combat juvenile diabetes (see H. Con. Res. 36), H399 [14FE]

———international tuberculosis control (see H.R. 1168), H1112 [22MR]

FDA: grant authority to regulate tobacco (see H.R. 1043), H953 [15MR]

Federal Prison Industries, Inc.: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (see H.R. 1577), H9078 [6DE]

Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see H.R. 123), H8564 [28NO]

———protect and enforce the right to obtain and use firearms for security, self-defense, and other legitimate purposes (see H.R. 31), H1115 [22MR]

———protect manufacturers and sellers in the firearms and ammunition industry from restrictions on interstate or foreign commerce (see H.R. 2037), H3358 [20JN]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 36), H876 [13MR]

Food Security Act: expand conservation reserve (see H.R. 1082), H954 [15MR]

Foreign trade: extend trade authorities procedures with respect to reciprocal trade agreements (see H.R. 2149), H3519 [25JN]

Gambling: expand and modernize the prohibition against interstate gambling (see H.R. 3215), H9078 [6DE]

———protect amateur athletics and combat illegal sports gambling (see H.R. 641), H828 [8MR]

Health: assure coverage of emergency services under group health plans and health insurance (see H.R. 1674), H3806 [28JN]

———authorize grants to carry out organ recovery rate improvement programs in eligible hospitals (see H.R. 953), H1861 [2MY]

———constitutional amendment on the right to high quality health care (see H.J. Res. 29), H2281 [16MY]

———development of microbicides to prevent the transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases (see H.R. 2405), H3804 [28JN]

———provide programs for the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of stroke (see H.R. 3431), H10067 [13DE]

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

House of Representatives: post all lobbying registrations and reports on the official public Internet site (see H. Res. 48), H508 [28FE]

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

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 737), H628 [5MR]

Insurance: coverage of long-term care services (see H. Con. Res. 37), H399 [14FE]

———require health plans to cover treatment of a minor child's congenital or developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor, or disease (see H.R. 792), H506 [28FE]

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

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

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 1109), H2023 [8MY]

Medicaid: delay changes in regulations that modify upper payment limit for non-State government-owned or operated hospitals (see H.R. 3360), H10055 [12DE]

Medicare: coverage for surgical first assisting services of certified registered nurse first assistants (see H.R. 822), H3713 [27JN]

———increase reimbursement for screening mammography services (see H.R. 1328), H1558 [24AP]

———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), H1717 [1MY]

———provide regulatory relief and contracting flexibility (see H.R. 3391), H8842 [4DE]

———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), H8420 [27NO]

———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 1609), H2083 [9MY]

———study anesthesia services and expand service arrangements for certified registered nurse anesthetists (see H.R. 716), H3068 [12JN]

———treatment of certain physician pathology services (see H.R. 1451), H2023 [8MY]

Motor vehicles: provide for greater fairness in the motor vehicle franchise contract arbitration process (see H.R. 1296), H1490 [4AP]

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

National Homeland Security Agency: establish (see H.R. 1158), H6780 [12OC]

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]

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

———preservation of six day mail delivery (see H. Res. 154), H3807 [28JN]

Power resources: ensure energy self-sufficiency of the U.S. and promote environmental quality through use of renewable fuels (see H.R. 2423), H3805 [28JN]

Public Health Service Act: amend relative to pharmacy health professions programs (see H.R. 2173), H6137 [2OC]

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), H6379 [4OC]

Public utilities: revise regulatory policies governing public utility holding companies (see H.R. 1101), H1861 [2MY]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 1140), H1296 [28MR]

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

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

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

———exclude from self-employment earnings certain payments under the Conservation Reserve Program (see H.R. 923), H740 [7MR]

———extension of the credit for producing electricity from biomass (see H.R. 1657), H3358 [20JN]

———extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind (see H.R. 876), H2022 [8MY]

———provide a credit for energy-efficient appliances (see H.R. 1316), H1344 [29MR]

———provide a nonrefundable credit for individuals who purchase a residential safe storage device for firearms (see H.R. 507), H1190 [27MR]

———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 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), H6137 [2OC]

———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 limits on the deduction for interest on education loans and increase income threshold for the phase out of such deduction (see H.R. 436), H1717 [1MY]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 122), H224 [7FE]

———treatment of certain medical savings accounts (see H.R. 1524), H1606 [25AP]

———treatment of depreciation of computers and other technological equipment, software, and certain auction-acquired telecommunications licenses (see H.R. 2981), H6260 [3OC]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 831), H1557 [24AP]

———treatment of policyholder dividends of mutual life insurance companies and policyholder surplus accounts (see H.R. 661), H1557 [24AP]

Terrorism: improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (see H.R. 3448), H9239 [11DE]

Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H325 [13FE]

Volunteer firefighters: remove civil liability barriers surrounding donating fire equipment to volunteer fire companies (see H.R. 1919), H6137 [2OC]

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

Women: reduce health care costs and promote improved health by providing supplemental grants for preventive health services (see H.R. 633), H1489 [4AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Aviation: enhance the safety and security of the civil air transportation system (see H.R. 3165), H7308 [24OC]

———improve security (see H.R. 2951), H6055 [25SE]

FDA: grant authority to regulate tobacco (see H.R. 1097), H1010 [20MR]

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]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 526), H252 [8FE] (see H.R. 2563), H4351 [19JY]

National 4-H Program Centennial Initiative: funding (see H.R. 1388), H1481 (see H.R. 1388), H1491 [4AP]

Petroleum: prohibit use of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE), provide flexibility within the EPA's oxygenate requirements, and promote the use of renewable ethanol (see H.R. 608), H393 [14FE]

Terrorism: improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (see H.R. 3310), H8336 [16NO]

Remarks

Afghanistan: treatment of women and girls by the Taliban regime, H6450 [9OC]

Agriculture: conservation programs funding, H6301 [4OC]

———continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), H6301 [4OC]

Animals: Dept. of Agriculture efforts to prevent bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease) and foot-and-mouth disease, H1040-H1042 [21MR]

Aviation: Federal versus private employment status for aviation security personnel, H7621, H7636, H7682 [1NO], H8238 [15NO]

———improve security (H.R. 2951), H6450 [9OC]

———improve security (H.R. 3150), H7636, H7682 [1NO]

———improve security (H.R. 3150), consideration (H. Res. 274), H7621 [1NO]

———improve security (S. 1447), H8238, H8239 [15NO]

———improve security (S. 1447), conference report, H8308 [16NO]

Budget: revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), H1278 [28MR]

———revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), conference report, H2042 [9MY]

Climate: global warming, H914 [14MR]

C-SPAN: tribute, H718 [7MR]

Dept. of Defense: funding, H1278-H1281 [28MR]

Dept. of Labor: congressional disapproval of ergonomic regulations (S.J. Res. 6), H687, H719 [7MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve outreach program to more fully inform veterans of available benefits (H.R. 511), H1280 [28MR]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2620), H4848 [30JY]

Drugs: discrepancy in prescription drug prices between U.S. and foreign countries, H3853, H3854, H3855, H3856, H3857 [10JY]

EPA: implementation of Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gas emissions, H914 [14MR]

FDA: grant authority to regulate tobacco (H.R. 1097), H914-H918 [14MR]

Federal aid programs: provide emergency health coverage assistance, H10822 [19DE]

Health: development of microbicides to prevent the transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases (H.R. 2405), H3791 [28JN]

———guarantee Federal remedies that hold health plans accountable for medical decisions and limit non-economical and punitive damages, H5267, H5268, H5271 [2AU]

———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 (H.R. 1387), H1474 [4AP], H1834 [2MY]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, H720-H722 [7MR]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 526), H870-H874 [13MR], H1833 [2MY], H2670-H2672 [23MY], H2872-H2876 [5JN], H3797-H3800 [28JN]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 2315), H3799 [28JN]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 2563), H4719-H4721 [26JY], H5199, H5210, H5213, H5267, H5268, H5271, H5282 [2AU], H8239 [15NO]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 2563), consideration (H. Res. 219), H5188 [2AU]

———provide for health care liability and medical malpractice reform, H5282 [2AU]

Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, H1471-H1475 [4AP]

———provide regulatory relief and contracting flexibility (H.R. 3391), H8798 [4DE]

———reform, H2933-H2936 [6JN]

National 4-H Program Centennial Initiative: funding (S. 657), H3480 [25JN]

Petroleum: prohibit use of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE), provide flexibility within the EPA's oxygenate requirements, and promote the use of renewable ethanol (H.R. 608), H1042 [21MR]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 4), H5010 [1AU]

Science: allow the cloning of certain human tissues for research purposes, H4911 [31JY]

———prohibit the cloning of humans (H.R. 2505), consideration (H. Res. 214), H4911 [31JY]

Space policy: space station program funding, H4848 [30JY]

Taxation: phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes, H870 [13MR]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), consideration (H. Res. 320), H10822 [19DE]

———rates (H.R. 3), H720 [7MR]

———rates (H.R. 1836), conference report, H2838 [25MY], H2871 [5JN]

Terrorism: condemn and respond to hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, H6449-H6451 [9OC]

———condemn and respond to hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H.J. Res. 61), H5494 [11SE]

———ensure that the U.S. is prepared for an attack using biological or chemical weapons, H6450 [9OC]

———improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack, H8239-H8243 [15NO]

———improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (H.R. 3448), H9213 [11DE]

Veterans: improve educational assistance programs, expand transition assistance and outreach programs, increase burial benefits, and provide family coverage under Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (H.R. 801), H1280 [28MR]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (H.R. 303), H1280 [28MR]

Vietnam: human rights violations, H4644 [26JY]

———make normal trade relations status contingent upon free emigration policies (H.J. Res. 55), H4644 [26JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H2330 [17MY]

Special order: granted, H8180 [14NO], H8419 [27NO], H8840 [4DE]