PUTNAM, ADAM (a Representative from Florida)

Appointments

Committee on Economics (Joint), H1693 [1MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 179), H1060 [21MR]

Budget: require sequestration of certain discretionary non-defense spending equal to the size of any on-budget deficit (see H.R. 2865), H5455 [6SE]

Children and youth: protect infants who are born alive (see H.R. 2175), H3714 [27JN]

———recognize importance and support goals and ideas of National Youth Day (see H. Res. 124), H3261 [19JN]

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Awareness Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 197), H5928 [21SE]

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), H6260 [3OC]

Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 476), H1116 [22MR]

———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]

Dept. of Agriculture: agricultural trade programs funding (see H.R. 98), H3067 [12JN]

———consolidate and revise authority on animal health protection (see H.R. 2002), H3519 [25JN]

———require report on effects of methyl bromide on the ozone layer prior to implementing certain reductions on production and consumption (see H.R. 2084), H2955 [6JN]

Dept. of Energy: study potential regulatory improvements that may help alleviate high fuel prices (see H.R. 1834), H2183 [15MY]

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), H3959 [11JY]

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

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify compensation standards for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans suffering from certain undiagnosed illnesses (see H.R. 612), H3519 [25JN]

———establish a new veterans benefits office in Florida (see H.R. 1450), H2185 [15MY]

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

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make tax benefits permanent (see H.R. 2316), H4541 [24JY]

Education: allow home school students who are eligible for enrollment in the overseas defense dependents' education system to use auxiliary services of system schools (see H.R. 830), H1489 [4AP]

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

Firearms: allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in all States and exempt current and former law enforcement officers from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 382), H3713 [27JN]

———prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see H.R. 123), H4009 [12JY]

———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), H3204 [14JN]

———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]

Food Security Act: expand conservation reserve (see H.R. 1082), H1557 [24AP]

4-H Youth Development Program: centennial (see H. Res. 112), H1718 [1MY]

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

———sustain access to vital emergency medical services in rural areas (see H.R. 1353), H5125 [1AU]

Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (see H.R. 1542), H1554 [24AP]

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

Joseph W. Westmoreland Post Office Building, Jay, FL: designate (see H.R. 2240), H4113 [17JY]

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

Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H7960 [8NO]

Marjory Williams Scrivens Post Office, Miami, FL: designate (see H.R. 364), H443 [27FE]

Medicaid: clarify that Native American women eligible for coverage under Indian health plans are eligible for optional breast and cervical cancer coverage (see H.R. 1383), H2335 [17MY]

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

———permit State waiver authority to provide medical assistance in cases of congenital heart defects (see H.R. 1793), H2140 [10MY]

Medicare: coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1624), H2571 [22MY]

———increase the payment amount for inpatient hospital services and freeze the reduction in payments to hospitals for indirect costs of medical education (see H.R. 1556), H4353 [19JY]

———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), H1557 [24AP]

———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 1609), H4353 [19JY]

Motor vehicles: provide for greater fairness in the motor vehicle franchise contract arbitration process (see H.R. 1296), H2142 [10MY]

National Character Counts Week: designate (see H. Con. Res. 204), H4948 [31JY]

National Guard: tribute to members who were killed in the aircraft crash in south-central Georgia (see H. Con. Res. 47), H649 [6MR]

NLRB: inflation adjustments to the mandatory jurisdiction thresholds (see H.R. 1890), H2998 [7JN]

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

Political campaigns: increase penalties for making or accepting contributions in the name of another and prohibit foreign nationals from making any campaign-related disbursements (see H.R. 1019), H1116 [22MR] (see H.R. 2252), H3357 [20JN]

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 242), H7719 [1NO]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 1140), H1558 [24AP]

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

Ronald W. Reagan Post Office Building, Melbourne, FL: designate (see H.R. 395), H218 [7FE]

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

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see H.R. 1644), H2571 [22MY]

Securities: issue U.S. Defense of Freedom Bonds to aid in funding the war against terrorism (see H.R. 3021), H6422 [5OC]

Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance: increase amount paid to survivors of certain members of the Armed Forces who died in the performance of duty (see H.R. 1015), H956 [15MR]

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]

Small business: facilitate compliance with certain Federal paperwork requirements and establish a task force to streamline certain requirements (see H.R. 327), H955 [15MR]

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

———modify reporting requirements (see H.R. 930), H2998 [7JN]

———protect Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms (see H.R. 2), H252 [8FE]

Taxation: allow a credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by Amtrak (see H.R. 2329), H4010 [12JY]

———allow a deduction for State and local sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes (see H.R. 322), H1488 [4AP]

———allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance and establish State health insurance safety-net programs (see H.R. 1331), H1861 [2MY]

———allow an exclusion from gross income for certain amounts of capital gains distributions from regulated investment companies (see H.R. 168), H2387 [21MY]

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

———allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums (see H.R. 2125), H8949 [5DE]

———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), H1717 [1MY]

———allow taxpayers to include citrus canker tree replacement payments as income or gain (see H.R. 2824), H5338 [2AU]

———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), H6780 [12OC]

———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see H.R. 1172), H1717 [1MY]

———expand nontaxable exchange period within which commercial citrus trees destroyed under public order due to canker may be replaced (see H.R. 2823), H5338 [2AU]

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

———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (see H.R. 2143), H3067 [12JN]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain leasehold improvements (see H.R. 1030), H2712 [24MY]

———provide relief for victims of the terrorist attacks against the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 2884), H5615 [13SE]

———provide tax relief to elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 516), H325 [13FE]

———provide tax-exempt status for organizations created by a State to provide property and casualty insurance coverage for property (see H.R. 1789), H2082 [9MY]

———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]

———treat spaceports like airports under exempt facility bond rules (see H.R. 1931), H3519 [25JN]

———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 622), H393 [14FE]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 831), H2142 [10MY]

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), H6057 [25SE]

Veterans: improve educational assistance programs, expand transition assistance and outreach programs, increase burial benefits, and provide family coverage under Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (see H.R. 801), H1116 [22MR]

———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 548), H1925 [3MY]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 65), H325 [13FE] (see H.R. 303), H225 [7FE]

Voting: require States to find convincing evidence of fraud before rejecting ballots submitted by absent military voters and direct the Dept. of Defense to develop electronic voting plan for for such voters (see H.R. 311), H167 [31JA]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Agriculture: establish a Farmland Stewardship Program (see H.R. 2542), H4215 [18JY]

Aviation: prohibit air carriers from transporting unaccompanied minors without written permission from a custodial parent or legal guardian (see H.R. 2600), H4539 [24JY]

Crime: provide penalties for the enticement of children which interferes with parental authority (see H.R. 2601), H4539 [24JY]

Terrorism: respond to the vulnerability of the U.S. agricultural production and food supply system (see H.R. 3198), H7591 [31OC]

Letters

Veterans Opportunities Act: by, H1134 [27MR]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H4545 [25JY]

Remarks

Agriculture: conservation programs funding, H6320 [4OC]

———continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), H6178 [3OC], H6320, H6339 [4OC]

———establish a Farmland Stewardship Program (H.R. 2542), H4120 [18JY]

———price supports for sugar, H6339 [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), H5651 [14SE]

Aviation: prohibit air carriers from transporting unaccompanied minors without written permission from a custodial parent or legal guardian (H.R. 2600), H4549 [25JY]

Budget: revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), H1167 [27MR], H1225 [28MR]

———revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 136), H2030 [9MY]

Crime: provide penalties for the enticement of children which interferes with parental authority (H.R. 2601), H4549 [25JY]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (H.J. Res. 36), H4062 [17JY]

4-H Youth Development Program: centennial (H. Res. 112), H1691 [1MY]

Health care professionals: tribute to caregivers, E2016 [6NO]

National Guard: tribute to members who were killed in the aircraft crash in south-central Georgia, H637 [6MR]

Small business: facilitate compliance with certain Federal paperwork requirements and establish a task force to streamline certain requirements (H.R. 327), H938 [15MR]

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), H5555 [11SE]

Votes: position on missed, H348 [14FE], H430 [27FE], H3979 [12JY], E1307 [11JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H3858 [10JY]

Putnam, Abigail A.: tribute to birth, H3594, H3595 [26JN]