OBEY, DAVID R. (a Representative from Wisconsin)

Amendments

Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), H6360 [4OC]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations (H.R. 2216), H3331, H3359 [20JN]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 3338), H8480 [28NO]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2500), H4115 [17JY]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2620), H4636 [25JY], H4682 [26JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2620), consideration (H. Res. 210), H4658 [26JY]

Analyses

Dissipation of the Budget Surplus, H10061 [13DE]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 2216, supplemental appropriations, H3979 [12JY]

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

———H.R. 2299, Dept. of Transportation and related agencies appropriations, H7549 [31OC]

———H.R. 2311, energy and water development appropriations, H5857 [20SE]

———H.R. 2330, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, H7553 [31OC]

———H.R. 2500, Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies appropriations, H5959 [24SE]

———H.R. 2506, foreign operations, export financing, and related programs appropriations, H7859 [7NO]

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

———H.R. 2620, Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies appropriations, H5857 [20SE]

———H.R. 2647, legislative branch of the Government appropriations, H5857 [20SE]

———H.R. 2904, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure, H6102 [2OC]

———H.R. 2944, District of Columbia appropriations, H7919 [8NO]

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

———H.R. 3338, Dept. of Defense appropriations, H9318 [12DE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Afghanistan: condemn the Taliban for requiring Hindus to wear identifying symbols (see H. Con. Res. 145), H2848 [25MY]

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

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 770), H505 [28FE]

Aviation: improve security (see H.R. 3110), H7358 [29OC]

———provide assistance for employees who are separated from employment due to reductions in service by air carriers and airport closures caused by terrorist actions or security measures (see H.R. 2955), H6055 [25SE]

Children and youth: establish an international infant and child nutrition and education program (see H.R. 1700), H4113 [17JY]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 781), H506 [28FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: provide supplemental payments to dairy producers based on milk marketings and prices (see H.R. 1878), H2335 [17MY]

———use of distance or transportation costs as a basis for pricing milk (see H.R. 1505), H1497 [4AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve outreach program to more fully inform veterans of available benefits (see H.R. 511), H222 [7FE]

District of Columbia: provide full voting representation in Congress and exempt residents from paying Federal income taxes until such voting representation takes effect (see H.R. 1193), H6137 [2OC]

EPA: reinstate revised drinking water standards for arsenic (see H.R. 1413), H1482 (see H.R. 1413), H1492 [4AP]

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), H3357 [20JN]

Great Lakes: prohibit oil and gas drilling (see H.R. 1032), H928 [14MR]

———prohibit oil and gas drilling and conduct a study on the environmental impact of potential future drilling (see H.R. 2167), H3150 [13JN]

India: express sympathy for victims of earthquake and support ongoing aid efforts (see H. Con. Res. 13, 15), H111 [30JA]

Insurance: prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 602), H324 [13FE]

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

Israel: end violence in West Bank and Gaza and endorse recommendations of the Mitchell Committee Report (see H. Con. Res. 253), H7333 [25OC]

Medicare: reductions in prescription drug prices (see H.R. 1400), H1482 (see H.R. 1400), H1491 [4AP]

Mexico: compliance of Mexico-domiciled trucks operating in the U.S. with certain safety and environmental regulations (see H. Res. 152), H4541 [24JY]

Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 665), H396 [14FE]

National Trails System Act: clarify Federal authority relative to land acquisition from willing sellers for the majority of trails (see H.R. 834), H622 [1MR]

Navy: eliminate the Extremely Low Frequency Communication System (see H.R. 1160), H1112 [22MR]

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), H6421 [5OC]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 1140), H2712 [24MY]

Summer Emergency Blood Donor Month: establish (see H. Res. 202), H4541 [24JY]

Taxation: eligibility of veterans for mortgage revenue bond financing (see H.R. 959), H878 [13MR]

———increase individual income tax rates and deposit increased funds into the Social Security trust funds (see H.R. 2935), H5926 [21SE]

———provide individual income tax rate reductions, relief to families with children, marriage penalty relief, and eliminate the estate tax for certain decedents (see H.R. 1398), H1718 [1MY]

Terrorism: compensate victims of bombings of U.S. embassies in East Africa on the same basis as compensation is provided to victims of attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 3375), H8731 [29NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Congressional Medal of Honor: issue commemorative postage stamps in commemoration of recipients (see H. Con. Res. 252), H7217 [23OC]

Foreign trade: require country-of-origin labeling of all forms of ginseng (see H.R. 3329), H8337 [16NO]

Tariff: impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see H.R. 1786), H2082 [9MY]

Taxation: provide for tax reduction in the case of low economic growth (see H.R. 927), H740 [7MR]

Letters

OSHA issuance of rule on ergonomic regulations: by, S1801 [5MR]

Motions

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations (H.R. 2216), H3346 [20JN], H3972 [12JY]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 3338), H9311 [12DE]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2590), H4583 [25JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3061), H7916 [8NO]

Remarks

Agriculture: consideration of Class I milk price differentials in calculating price supports for dairy products, H6361, H6363 [4OC]

———continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), H6288, H6361, H6363 [4OC]

———impact of dairy compacts, H6361 [4OC]

———price supports for dairy products, H6361, H6363 [4OC]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2330), H3753, H3763, H3771 [28JN], H3881 [11JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2330), consideration (H. Res. 183), H3741 [28JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2330), unanimous-consent request, H3784 [28JN]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 65), H5961 [24SE]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 68), H6678 [11OC]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 69), H7109 [17OC]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 70), H7313 [25OC]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 74), H8219, H8220, H8221, H8226 [15NO], H8330 [16NO]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 76), H8849 [5DE]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 78), H10061, H10063 [13DE]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 79), H10934 [20DE]

———making supplemental appropriations (H.R. 2216), conference report, H4364 [20JY]

———making supplemental appropriations (H.R. 2216), motion to go to conference, H3968, H3969, H3971 [12JY]

———making supplemental appropriations (H.R. 2216), motion to instruct conferees, H3972, H3973, H3974, H3975, H3976, H3977, H3978 [12JY]

———making supplemental appropriations (H.R. 2216), motion to recommit, H3346, H3347 [20JN]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: exclude from assessments determining the mineral potential of Alaskan public lands, H3371 [21JN]

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, H3390 [21JN]

Aviation: preserve the continued viability of the U.S. air transportation system (H.R. 2891), H5687, H5688, H5690 [14SE]

———preserve the continued viability of the U.S. air transportation system (H.R. 2926), consideration (H. Res. 244), same-day consideration (H. Res. 242), H5877 [21SE]

Budget: allocation of funds, H749 [8MR]

———revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), consideration (H. Res. 100), H1196 [28MR]

———revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), recommit conference report (H. Res. 134), H1952 [8MY]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: biological disease and chemical threat prevention studies funding through reductions in the Corp. for Public Broadcasting, H6665 [11OC]

Children and youth: abstinence education program funding through reductions in certain disease control programs and child care development grants, H6667, H6673 [11OC]

Coast Guard: port and maritime security and counter-terrorism programs funding, H8537, H8539 [28NO]

Colombia: limit U.S. civilian contractors relative to anti-drug efforts, H4499 [24JY]

———prohibit aerial spraying efforts to eradicate illicit crops, H4517 [24JY]

Congress: adjournment (H. Con. Res. 176), H3684 [27JN]

———legislative priorities, H7313 [25OC]

Conservation of energy: conservation grant programs funding by striking increase in National Endowment for the Arts funding, H3433 [21JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service funding for border inspections and monitoring of emerging animal and plant diseases, H3972 [12JY]

———international infant and child nutrition and education programs funding, H3763 [28JN]

Dept. of Defense: funding, H3969 [12JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3338), H8220, H8221, H8226 [15NO], H8330 [16NO], H8494, H8496, H8501, H8502, H8505, H8523, H8524, H8525, H8532, H8537, H8539, H8543, H8548 [28NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3338), consideration (H. Res. 296), H8434 [28NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3338), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 324), H10915, H10916 [20DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3338), motion to instruct conferees, H9311, H9313, H9314, H9315, H9317 [12DE]

Dept. of Energy: nuclear nonproliferation programs funding, H7597 [1NO], H8502 [28NO]

Dept. of Labor: congressional disapproval of ergonomic regulations (S.J. Res. 6), H686 [7MR]

Dept. of the Interior: land acquisition funding, H3370 [21JN]

———weatherization assistance, energy conservation, and payment in lieu of taxes programs funding through reductions in fossil energy research and development program, H3397, H3399 [21JN]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2217), H3370, H3371, H3390, H3397, H3399, H3433 [21JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2217), conference report, H7099, H7106 [17OC]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2590), H4581, H4583, H4619 [25JY]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2299), H3553, H3587, H3588, H3589 [26JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2299), consideration (H. Res. 178), H3545 [26JN]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2500), H4084, H4097 [17JY], H4166, H4167 [18JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3061), H6629, H6643, H6648, H6650, H6652, H6657, H6665, H6667, H6670, H6673, H6677 [11OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3061), conference report, H10432, H10438 [19DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3061), motion to instruct conferees, H7916 [8NO]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2620), H4670, H4682, H4686 [26JY], H4730, H4746, H4752, H4754 [27JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2620), consideration (H. Res. 210), H4654, H4655 [26JY]

———veterans health care, public housing, homeless shelters, EPA enforcement, and Corp. for National and Community Service funding through reductions in tax cut, H4654, H4655, H4670, H4682, H4686 [26JY]

Diseases: autism diagnosis and intervention funding through reductions in Centers for Disease Control and Prevention communicable disease activities, H6652 [11OC]

———international tuberculosis control and Child Survival and Maternal Health Account funding through reductions in the Andean Counterdrug Initiative funding, H4467, H4468 [24JY]

———State AIDS Drug Assistance Programs funding through reductions in other AIDS-related services funding, H6648 [11OC]

District of Columbia: emergency operations plan funding, H5994 [25SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2944), H5994 [25SE]

Drugs: allow importation of prescription drugs into the U.S. by pharmacists and wholesalers for resale and by U.S. citizens for personal use, H3881 [11JY]

Education: funding, H7916 [8NO]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2311), H3682 [27JN], H3733 [28JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2311), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 272), H7597 [1NO]

EPA: Office of Compliance and Enforcement funding, H4754 [27JY]

———prohibit use of funds to delay implementation of revised drinking water standards for arsenic, H4746 [27JY]

FCC: amend media ownership rules, H4166, H4167 [18JY]

FDA: Food Safety Inspection Service funding, H3771 [28JN]

FEMA: disaster relief funding, H3346, H3347 [20JN], H3972, H3974, H3977 [12JY], H4364 [20JY], H4670 [26JY]

Floods: disaster assistance to Houston, TX, H4670 [26JY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2506), H4467, H4468, H4499, H4517 [24JY]

Great Lakes: prohibit oil and gas drilling, H3682 [27JN]

Gulf of Mexico: prohibit oil and gas leasing activities in certain areas, H3733 [28JN]

Health: improve access to oral health care by strengthening the dental workforce in rural and underserved communities, H6643 [11OC]

Health care facilities: community health centers funding, H8525 [28NO]

House of Representatives: legislative program, H3581, H3582 [26JN], H4099 [17JY], H4164 [18JY], H4661 [26JY], H10114 [13DE]

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

Languages: prohibit funding to implement Executive order on providing access to Federal programs and activities for persons with limited English proficiency, H6677 [11OC]

Lee H. Hamilton Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, New Albany, IN: designate (H.R. 1583), H5944 [24SE]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 2647), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 273), H7554, H7556 [31OC]

Medicare/Medicaid: Nursing Home Oversight Improvement Program funding, H6650 [11OC]

Mexico: compliance of Mexico-domiciled trucks operating in the U.S. with certain safety and environmental regulations, H3545, H3587, H3588, H3589 [26JN]

National security: ensure greater security for U.S. seaports, H8330 [16NO]

Natural gas: Gulfstream Natural Gas Project funding, H3733 [28JN]

New York: provide for temporary emergency unemployment assistance, H8532 [28NO]

New York, NY: allocation of funds relative to terrorist attacks, H8543 [28NO]

———economic impact of terrorist attacks, H8543 [28NO]

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

Occoquan River: navigation project funding, H8548 [28NO]

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

Point of order, H4686 [26JY], H6768 [12OC], H8517 [28NO]

Power resources: national energy policy, H4581, H4583 [25JY]

President's Commission To Strengthen Social Security: prohibit OMB funding to implement final report, H4619 [25JY]

Radiation Exposure Compensation Act: funding, H3972 [12JY]

SBA: authorize loans to small businesses and certain other businesses that suffered substantial economic injury as a result of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, H8523, H8524 [28NO]

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

Taxation: rates (H.R. 3), consideration (H. Res. 83), H749 [8MR]

———rates (H.R. 1836), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 153), H2827 [25MY]

Terrorism: deter and punish terrorist acts and enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (H.R. 2975), H6766 [12OC]

———deter and punish terrorist acts and enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (H.R. 2975), consideration (H. Res. 264), H6714 [12OC]

———making emergency appropriations for disaster and antiterrorism initiatives surrounding the crashing of aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, H8220, H8221, H8226 [15NO], H8330 [16NO], H8494, H8496, H8501, H8502, H8505 [28NO], H9311, H9313, H9314, H9315, H9317 [12DE]

———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), H5620, H5628 [14SE]

Unemployment: prohibit use of community development funds for any purpose other than wage supplements and health insurance assistance, H8543 [28NO]

Vice Presidents of the U.S.: consolidation of Naval Observatory official residence utility costs with other Navy activities, H4581, H4583 [25JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H8335 [16NO], H8419 [27NO]

Tables

Dept. of Defense appropriations (H.R. 3338): conference additions, H10915 [20DE]

Tributes

Mioduski, Mark, E6 [3JA]

Mohrman, Frederick G., H8505 [28NO]