UPTON, FRED (a Representative from Michigan)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Africa: efforts to reduce hunger in sub-Saharan Africa (see H. Con. Res. 102), H3714 [27JN]

Agriculture: reauthorize tree loss assistance program to compensate commercial orchardists and tree farmers who lose trees as a result of a natural disaster (see H.R. 1790), H2082 [9MY]

———repeal peanut quotas, reduce peanut loan rates, and require the Dept. of Agriculture to purchase peanuts for nutrition programs (see H.R. 2164), H3150 [13JN]

Animals: improve enforcement of the Animal Welfare Act as it applies to commercial dog breeders (see H.R. 3058), H10966 [20DE]

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

———revise rules on retirement payments to former spouses (see H.R. 1983), H3806 [28JN]

Aviation: improve security (see H.R. 2951), H6422 [5OC]

———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), H10966 [20DE]

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

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]

Bob Davis Post Office Building, St. Ignace, MI: designate (see H.R. 2577), H6919 [16OC]

Budget: 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]

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), H739 [7MR]

CERCLA: exempt small businesses from certain liability (see H.R. 1831), H2335 [17MY]

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

Classified information: establish a process for executive agencies for declassifying and disclosing certain documents relating to human rights abuses in foreign countries (see H.R. 1152), H1059 [21MR]

Computers: establish an Internet site on Federal financial assistance (see H.R. 782), H8133 [13NO]

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

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]

Dept. of Agriculture: make grants to assist low and moderate income individuals to finance construction, refurbishing, and servicing of household water well systems in rural areas (see H.R. 626), H877 [13MR]

Dept. of Energy: study potential regulatory improvements that may help alleviate high fuel prices (see H.R. 1834), H2890 [5JN]

Dept. of HHS: provide grants to communities to strengthen the effectiveness, efficiency, and coordination of services for the uninsured and underinsured (see H.R. 504), H508 [28FE]

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

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve outreach program to more fully inform veterans of available benefits (see H.R. 511), H508 [28FE]

———provide grants for toll-free telephone number to provide information and assistance to veterans (see H.R. 1746), H2998 [7JN]

Detroit, MI: tricentennial (see H. Con. Res. 80), H1115 [22MR]

Diseases: establish a commission to recommend a strategy for the global eradication of disease (see H.R. 2593), H4428 [23JY]

———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), H3864 [10JY]

———provide for an awareness program and a study on a rare form of breast cancer (see H.R. 3186), H7529 [30OC]

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

———establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (see H.R. 100, 101), H224 [7FE]

———establish international education policy (see H. Con. Res. 201), H4724 [26JY]

———give gifted and talented students the opportunity to develop their capabilities (see H.R. 490), H508 [28FE]

———increase the technically trained workforce (see H.R. 3130), H9239 [11DE]

———provide for teacher technology training (see H.R. 1703), H4780 [27JY]

Employment: reform calculation formula for overtime compensation (see H.R. 1602), H4724 [26JY]

Energy Policy and Conservation Act: eliminate certain plumbing supply regulations (see H.R. 1479), H1486 (see H.R. 1479), H1496 [4AP]

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

FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2649), H4723 [26JY]

Federal Elections Review Commission: establish (see H.R. 57), H112 [30JA]

Federal employees: establish an exchange program between the Government and the private sector to improve information technology management (see H.R. 2678), H8181 [14NO]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: improve regulation of medical devices (see H.R. 3580), H10964 [20DE]

Federal Prison Industries: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (see H.R. 1577), H2185 [15MY]

Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see H.R. 123), H4541 [24JY]

———protect manufacturers and sellers in the firearms and ammunition industry from restrictions on interstate or foreign commerce (see H.R. 2037), H3713 [27JN]

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]

Foreign trade: export controls on certain high-speed computers (see H.R. 1553), H3863 [10JY]

———implement an importation requirement system for diamonds (see H.R. 2722), H5333 [2AU]

———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), H4724 [26JY]

Gambling: prohibit gambling on high school and college sports and the Olympic games (see H.R. 1110), H3863 [10JY]

GAO: conduct a comprehensive fraud audit of the Dept. of Education (see H.R. 353), H164 [31JA]

``God Bless America'': designate as the national hymn of the U.S. (see H.R. 3051), H6421 [5OC]

Government regulations: require peer review of scientific support data (see H.R. 281), H3260 [19JN]

Great Lakes: prohibit vessels from discharging ballast water that contains nonindigenous aquatic species and treat such water, and its sediments, using the most effective and efficient methods available (see H.R. 1680), H1860 [2MY]

Great Lakes Basin: affirm authority (see H. Con. Res. 148), H2848 [25MY]

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]

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

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

———improve access to health care services for uninsured and low-income individuals in medically under served areas (see H. Res. 87), H877 [13MR]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 2315), H3807 [28JN]

———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 3450), H9239 [11DE]

———sustain access to vital emergency medical services in rural areas (see H.R. 1353), H2184 [15MY]

Higher Education Act: remove limits on Internet course offerings, modify treatment of non-standard term programs, and clarify incentive compensation requirements (see H.R. 1992), H3806 [28JN]

Homeless: improve programs for veterans (see H.R. 936), H825 [8MR]

House of Representatives: require that excess amounts from Members' official allowances be applied to deficit reduction (see H.R. 47), H26 [3JA]

Immigration: establish an alien nonimmigrant student tracking system (see H.R. 3043), H6459 [9OC]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 737), H1116 [22MR]

Insurance: coverage of long-term care services (see H. Con. Res. 37), H6459 [9OC]

———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 602), H1346 [29MR]

———provide nondiscriminatory coverage of substance abuse treatment services under private group and individual health coverage (see H.R. 1194), H1114 [22MR]

Investments: establish individual development accounts for certain individuals and families (see H.R. 2160), H3149 [13JN]

Iran and Libya Sanctions Act: extend authorities (see H.R. 1954), H3466 [21JN]

Korea, Republic of: remove trade barriers to U.S. automotive imports (see H. Con. Res. 144), H2711 [24MY]

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

Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1475), H2849 [25MY]

———exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H4352 [19JY]

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

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

———coverage of additional hemodialysis treatments for certain patients and increased update in composite rate for dialysis services (see H.R. 2220), H5971 [24SE]

———coverage of home health services (see H.R. 2071), H5616 [13SE]

———coverage of screening pap smears and pelvic exams (see H.R. 1202), H1861 [2MY]

———improve outpatient vision services (see H.R. 2484), H6137 [2OC]

———provide adequate coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for certain kidney transplant patients (see H.R. 1839), H5971 [24SE]

———provide more equitable payments for direct graduate medical education (see H.R. 1517), H3260 [19JN]

———provide regulatory relief, appeals process reforms, contracting flexibility, and education improvements (see H.R. 3046), H6379 [4OC]

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

———reimbursement for certain midwife services (see H.R. 3602), H10965 [20DE]

———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]

Mental health: provide for research on, and services for individuals with, postpartum depression and psychosis (see H.R. 2380), H4010 [12JY]

National Center for Social Work Research: establish (see H.R. 663), H395 [14FE]

National Disaster Medical System: establish (see H.R. 2333), H5406 [5SE]

National Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) Awareness Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 61), H877 [13MR]

National Writing Project: improve (see H.R. 1192), H1661 [26AP]

NATO: recommend the integration of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (see H. Con. Res. 116), H3151 [13JN]

Natural resources: promote the conservation and preservation of working farms, ranches, and private forests (see H.R. 2375), H6260 [3OC]

NIH: uterine fibroid research funding (see H.R. 1672), H2281 [16MY]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: establish position of Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Small Business (see H.R. 1782), H7723 [5NO]

Oscar G. Johnson Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility, Iron Mountain, MI: designate (see H.R. 550), H929 [14MR]

Outer Continental Shelf: use of oil and gas production royalties to establish a fund for outdoor conservation and recreation needs (see H.R. 701), H1489 [4AP]

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

Peru: tribute to individuals injured or killed in missionary aircraft mistakenly shot down by a Peruvian fighter jet (see H. Con. Res. 117), H1716 [1MY]

Petroleum: condemn gasoline price-gouging following hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H. Res. 238), H5704 [14SE]

———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]

Pharmaceuticals: improve safety and efficacy for children (see H.R. 2887), H5615 [13SE]

Philip E. Ruppe Post Office Building, Lake Linden, MI: designate (see H.R. 1374), H6919 [16OC]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 250), H443 [27FE]

Privacy: ensure confidentiality of medical records and health care-related information (see H.R. 1215), H1664 [27AP]

———protect the integrity and confidentiality of Social Security numbers and prohibit the establishment of any uniform national identifying number (see H.R. 220), H3067 [12JN]

Public Health Service: promote organ donation (see H.R. 624), H394 [14FE]

Public Health Service Act: amend relative to health professions programs regarding the field of nursing (see H.R. 3487), H10356 [18DE]

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]

Selective Service System: provide temporary amnesty period so individuals who failed to register may do so without penalty (see H.R. 3149), H8732 [29NO]

Senior citizens: establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits (see H.R. 2035), H8421 [27NO]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 1774), H2081 [9MY]

Smithsonian Institution: establish National Museum of African American History and Culture (see H.R. 1718), H2712 [24MY]

Social Security: computation system for benefits relative to spouses' or surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 664), H4949 [31JY]

———earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 498), H400 [14FE]

———ensure entitled entities comply with certain regulations providing for the electronic exchange of health information (see H.R. 3323), H8337 [16NO]

———provide greater equity and efficiency to the SSA payment system for claimant representation (see H.R. 3332), H10173 [17DE]

———restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to certain individuals (see H.R. 1073), H4724 [26JY]

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]

States: authorize prohibition or imposition of certain limitations on the receipt of foreign municipal solid waste (see H.R. 1927), H3260 [19JN]

Sudan: increase diplomatic efforts to encourage peace process in ongoing civil war and facilitate relief efforts (see H.R. 931), H740 [7MR] (see H.R. 2052), H2888 [5JN]

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

———allow a deduction for State tuition program expenses and prohibit exclusion of distributions used for education expenses from gross income (see H.R. 475), H624 [1MR]

———allow deduction equal to fair market value for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (see H.R. 1598), H3203 [14JN]

———allow designation of income tax refunds for use in NIH biomedical research programs (see H.R. 1340), H1407 [3AP]

———allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts (see H.R. 662), H1410 [3AP]

———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), H8421 [27NO]

———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), H1116 [22MR]

———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), H2998 [7JN]

———classify qualified rental office furniture as 5-year property for depreciation purposes (see H.R. 3098), H6701 [11OC]

———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), H2571 [22MY]

———encourage stronger mathematics and science programs at elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 102), H224 [7FE]

———exempt State and local political committees from certain notification and reporting requirements applicable to political organizations (see H.R. 527), H2889 [5JN]

———extend and expand the enhanced deduction for charitable contributions of computers to provide public access to computers (see H.R. 2281), H3464 [21JN]

———provide a credit for energy-efficient appliances (see H.R. 1316), H2571 [22MY]

———provide a refundable credit for education and training of developmentally disabled children (see H.R. 2339), H5406 [5SE]

———provide incentives for health coverage for the uninsured (see H.R. 1181), H1296 [28MR]

———provide tax credit for elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 369), H165 [31JA]

———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 tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 122), H7909 [7NO]

———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 622), H1346 [29MR]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1305), H2142 [10MY]

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

———treatment of telecommuting (see H.R. 1012), H2334 [17MY]

Telecommunications Development Fund (investment corporation): improve operations (see H.R. 1735), H1924 [3MY]

Telephones: prohibit telemarketers from interfering with a consumers caller identification service (see H.R. 90), H443 [27FE]

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), H3465 [21JN]

Vietnam: persecution of Montagnard peoples (see H. Con. Res. 178), H4541 [24JY]

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), H7960 [8NO]

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), H4009 [12JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Communications Act: increase penalties for common carrier violations (see H.R. 1765), H2022 [8MY]

Foreign Assistance Act: improve immunization injection safety in disease control programs (see H.R. 2453), H3861 [10JY]

Insurance: ensure coverage of emergency hospital and ambulance services (see H.R. 1648), H1714 [1MY]

Medicare: coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases (see H.R. 2117), H2997 [7JN]

National Commission on Farmworkers and Federal Health Coverage: establish (see H.R. 2642), H4634 [25JY]

Taxation: treatment of depreciation of computers and other technological equipment, software, and certain auction-acquired telecommunications licenses (see H.R. 2981), H6135 [2OC]

Voting: move the legal public holiday known as Washington's Birthday to election day in Presidential election years (see H.R. 310), H110 [30JA]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2330), H3894 [11JY]

Dept. of Education: pilot program to establish performance agreements with school districts to consolidate certain Federal funds and to allow flexibility in the use of such funds, H2540 [22MY]

Diseases: expand research activities relative to Duchenne muscular dystrophy (H.R. 717), H5958 [24SE]

Drugs: allow importation of prescription drugs into the U.S. by U.S. citizens for personal use, H3894 [11JY]

Education: close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), H2540 [22MY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2311), H3679 [27JN]

Great Lakes: prohibit oil and gas drilling, H3679 [27JN]

Health: reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps (H.R. 3450), E2262 [12DE]

Insurance: ensure coverage of emergency hospital and ambulance services (H.R. 1648), E692 [1MY]

Medicare: coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases (H.R. 2117), E1053 [7JN]

———provide regulatory relief and contracting flexibility (H.R. 3391), H8799 [4DE]

Motor vehicles: average fuel economy standards for sport utility vehicles and other light trucks, H5119 [1AU]

Pharmaceuticals: improve safety and efficacy for children (H.R. 2887), H8105 [13NO]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 4), H5119 [1AU]

Telecommunications: promote deployment of advanced services and competition by relieving unnecessary burdens on the two percent local exchange carriers (H.R. 496), H1030, H1032, H1033 [21MR]

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), H5557 [11SE]

———improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (H.R. 3448), H9217 [11DE]

WMUK-Radio (Kalamazoo, MI): anniversary, E569 [5AP]

Tributes

Clark, John W., E1173 [21JN]

Miller, Tom, E2333 [19DE]