WALDEN, GREG (a Representative from Oregon)

Amendments

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2500), H4019 [16JY]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2620), H4637 [25JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Armed Forces: allow members to sue the U.S. for damages for certain injuries caused by improper medical care (see H.R. 2684), H10910 [19DE]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 179), H325 [13FE]

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

BLM: provide permanent funding for the payment in lieu of taxes program (see H.R. 1811), H2956 [6JN]

Boy Scouts: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 33), H1117 [22MR]

Budget: establish 2-year cycle (see H.R. 981), H5125 [1AU]

Cargo transportation: require inspection of all cargo on commercial trucks and vessels entering the U.S. (see H.R. 2960), H6055 [25SE]

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

Computers: regulate the transmission of unsolicited commercial electronic mail (see H.R. 718), H398 [14FE]

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), H8843 [4DE]

Courts: appoint Assistant U.S. Attorney for each judicial district to prosecute firearms offenses (see H.R. 2537), H10055 [12DE]

———divide the ninth judicial circuit into two circuits (see H.R. 1203), H2281 [16MY]

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

Dept. of Agriculture: agricultural trade programs funding (see H.R. 98), H1660 [26AP]

Dept. of Defense: develop inventory of sites within former military ranges containing unexploded ordnance or other abandoned munitions that pose health or safety threats and improve public awareness of such sites (see H.R. 2605), H4539 [24JY]

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), H6056 [25SE]

Dept. of the Interior: acquire the McLoughlin House National Historic Site in Oregon City, OR, and include it as unit of the National Park System (see H.R. 3434), H9077 [6DE]

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

———prevent the westward spread of aquatic nuisance species and provide rapid response capacity in certain Western States (see H.R. 2732), H5333 [2AU]

Dept. of Transportation: establish a grant program for the rehabilitation, preservation, or improvement of railroad track (see H.R. 1020), H2849 [25MY]

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), H4949 [31JY]

Endangered Species Act: reform Federal land management activities relative to conservation (see H.R. 1403), H2712 [24MY]

———reform liability provisions relative to civil and criminal penalties (see H.R. 1404), H2712 [24MY]

———reform regulatory process (see H.R. 1402), H2712 [24MY]

Federal firefighters: make mandatory separation age match requirement for Federal law enforcement officers (see H.R. 93), H112 [30JA]

Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see H.R. 123), H2082 [9MY]

———protect and enforce the right to obtain and use firearms for security, self-defense, and other legitimate purposes (see H.R. 31), H4112 [17JY]

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

Fish and fishing: continue State management of the West Coast Dungeness Crab fishery (see H.R. 1661), H1715 [1MY]

———efforts to rehabilitate salmon stocks in the Pacific Northwest (see H.R. 1157), H1060 [21MR]

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

———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), H2998 [7JN]

Gambling: expand and modernize the prohibition against interstate gambling (see H.R. 3215), H8339 [16NO]

———protect amateur athletics and combat illegal sports gambling (see H.R. 641), H1013 [20MR]

Hazardous substances: prevent inhalant abuse (see H.R. 790), H506 [28FE]

Health: improve access to health care services for uninsured and low-income individuals in medically under served areas (see H. Res. 87), H1490 [4AP]

House of Representatives: constitutional amendment on appointment and election of new Members if a significant number of Members can no longer serve due to a national emergency (see H.J. Res. 67), H7333 [25OC]

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

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1330), H4780 [27JY]

Interstate commerce: clarify jurisdiction over digital transactions of goods and services on the Internet (see H.R. 2421), H3804 [28JN]

Klamath Basin: compensation of persons who were economically harmed as a result of the implementation of the Endangered Species Act (see H.R. 2389), H3803 [28JN]

Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H6380 [4OC]

Medicaid: provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 600), H3358 [20JN]

Medicare: coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1624), H2281 [16MY]

———coverage of screening pap smears and pelvic exams (see H.R. 1202), H4863 [30JY]

———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), H1605 [25AP]

———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), H10910 [19DE]

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

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

National Fallen Firefighters Memorial: commemorate fallen firefighters by lowering the U.S. flag to half-staff during the memorial service in Emmitsburg, MD (see H.J. Res. 42), H3519 [25JN]

National Guard: civilian youth opportunities program funding (see H.R. 2515), H6260 [3OC]

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

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]

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), H1191 [27MR] (see H.R. 2252), H3357 [20JN]

Radio: ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio operators (see H.R. 817), H5927 [21SE]

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]

Rural areas: promote and improve access to health care services (see H.R. 2157), H3806 [28JN]

Securities: issue U.S. Defense of Freedom Bonds to aid in funding the war against terrorism (see H.R. 3021), H6919 [16OC]

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

———eliminate benefit penalties to individuals receiving pensions from noncovered employment (see H.R. 848), H5927 [21SE]

———eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 1731), H4780 [27JY]

———include additional information in account statements (see H.R. 634), H394 [14FE]

———modify the deadline for compliance with certain regulations providing for the electronic exchange of health information (see H.R. 1975), H4541 [24JY]

———protect Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms (see H.R. 2), H258 [12FE]

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

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

———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]

———eligibility of veterans for mortgage revenue bond financing (see H.R. 959), H1346 [29MR]

———exclusion from gross income for foster care payments relative to certain nongovernmental placement agencies (see H.R. 586), H2022 [8MY]

———extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind (see H.R. 876), H828 [8MR]

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

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

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

———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 excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 236), H1488 [4AP]

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

———treatment of bonds issued to acquire renewable resources on land subject to conservation easement (see H.R. 1711), H3358 [20JN]

———treatment of forestry activities (see H.R. 1581), H1604 [25AP]

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

———establish a national clearinghouse for information on incidents of environmental terrorism and establish a program to reduce environmental terrorism (see H.R. 2583), H8421 [27NO]

———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: increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 548), H1557 [24AP]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H400 [14FE]

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

Water: Federal payment of fees and costs in proceedings relative to State water rights adjudications (see H.R. 705), H397 [14FE]

Wayne Lyman Morse U.S. Courthouse, Eugene, OR: designate (see H.R. 2672), H4862 [30JY]

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), H1114 [22MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Bureau of Reclamation: authorize participation in the rehabilitation of Wallowa Lake Dam in Oregon (see H.R. 3606), H10965 [20DE]

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House): majority party appointments (see H. Res. 187), H3960 [11JY]

Dept. of Justice: allow attorneys to engage in undercover activities consistent with Federal law, notwithstanding any provision of State law (see H.R. 3309), H8248 [15NO]

Ecuador: condemn kidnapping and murder of individuals by terrorists and support U.S. efforts to combat such terrorism (see H. Con. Res. 89), H1295 [28MR]

Endangered Species Act: require the Dept. of the Interior to give greater weight to scientific or commercial data that is empirical or has been field-tested or peer-reviewed (see H.R. 2829), H5338 [2AU]

Federal Power Act: require guaranteed payment whenever any electric energy supplier is required to sell electric energy to a purchaser under the emergency authority (see H.R. 971), H827 [8MR]

Klamath Basin: authorize refunds of amounts collected from Klamath Project irrigation and drainage districts for operation and maintenance of transferred and reserved water works (see H.R. 2828), H5338 [2AU]

———respond to economic disaster threatening certain farmers and communities resulting from denial of irrigation water for the Klamath Project (see H.R. 2827), H5338 [2AU]

Oregon: conduct a feasibility study on ways to improve water management in the Burnt, Malheur, Owyhee, and Powder River basins (see H.R. 1883), H2280 [16MY]

———use of the trust land and resources of the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation (see H.R. 483), H221 [7FE]

Sprague River: conduct a study of the feasibility of providing adequate upstream and downstream passage for fish at the Chiloquin Dam in Oregon (see H.R. 2585), H4378 [20JY]

Remarks

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations (H.R. 2216), H3302 [20JN]

Buffalo Bayou National Heritage Area: feasibility study (H.R. 1776), H7382 [30OC]

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House): majority party appointments (H. Res. 187), H3927 [11JY]

Ecuador: condemn kidnapping and murder of individuals by terrorists and support U.S. efforts to combat such terrorism (H. Con. Res. 89), H5318 [2AU]

FERC: impose cost-of-service based rates on sales by public utilities of electric energy at wholesale in the western energy market, H5143 [1AU]

Hood River, OR: dedication of Ken Jernstedt Airfield, E1598 [6SE]

Klamath Basin: authorize refunds of amounts collected from Klamath Project irrigation and drainage districts for operation and maintenance of transferred and reserved water works (H.R. 2828), H8060 [13NO]

———compensation of persons who were economically harmed as a result of the implementation of the Endangered Species Act, H3929 [11JY]

———respond to economic disaster threatening certain farmers and communities resulting from denial of irrigation water for the Klamath Project, E1820 [5OC]

Oregon: use of the trust land and resources of the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation (H.R. 483), H7379, H7380 [30OC]

———water shortage in the Klamath Basin, H1829 [2MY], H1957 [8MY], H3302 [20JN], H3442-H3447 [21JN]

Oregon Farm Service Agency: tribute to efforts to assist farmers of the Klamath Basin in dealing with water shortage, E1725 [25SE]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 4), H5143 [1AU]

Sprague River: conduct a study of the feasibility of providing adequate upstream and downstream passage for fish at the Chiloquin Dam in Oregon (H.R. 2585), H7380, H7381 [30OC]

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), H5565 [11SE]

———tribute to those killed in attacks at the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, H8558 [28NO]

Votes: position on missed, H5962 [24SE], E569 [5AP]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H1405 [3AP]

Special order: granted, H1656 [26AP], H2019 [8MY], H2079 [9MY], H3957 [11JY]

Tributes

Ballantyne, Cameron, E2331 [19DE]

Berker, Rocky, E1168 [20JN]

Byrne, Mike, E1820 [5OC]

Chen Shui-bian, E798 [15MY]

Combs, Andy, E1522 [3AU]

Eager, Jeff, E1524 [3AU]

Galvan, Melissa, E1525 [3AU]

Gorby, Dick, E1168 [20JN]

Jernstedt, Kenneth, E1598 [6SE]