ROGERS, MIKE (a Representative from Michigan)
Amendments
Education: close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), H2581 [23MY]
Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 4), H5171 [1AU]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
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]
Army: prohibit the purchasing, issuing, or wearing of berets as standard headgear until certification that the ammunition shortfall has been eliminated (see H.R. 1770), H2281 [16MY]
Aviation: improve security (see H.R. 3150), H7127 [17OC]
Bob Davis Post Office Building, St. Ignace, MI: designate (see H.R. 2577), H6919 [16OC]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 8), H166 [31JA]
Children and youth: protect infants who are born alive (see H.R. 2175), H3201 [14JN]
China, People's Republic of: prohibit payment of any claim for reimbursement of costs associated with the Navy reconnaissance plane forced to make an emergency landing (see H.R. 2507), H4725 [26JY]
———withdraw normal trade relations status (see H.R. 1467), H1485 (see H.R. 1467), H1495 [4AP]
Computers: establish an Internet site on Federal financial assistance (see H.R. 782), H3203 [14JN]
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), H8949 [5DE]
Crime: mandatory minimum sentencing for online child molesters (see H.R. 2817), H5407 [5SE]
———prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 476), H955 [15MR]
———protect unborn victims of violence (see H.R. 503), H222 [7FE]
Dept. of HHS: establish an Office on Men's Health (see H.R. 632), H394 [14FE]
Dept. of HUD: pilot program to assist law enforcement officers purchasing homes in locally-designated at-risk areas (see H.R. 989), H875 [13MR]
Dept. of the Interior: establish the Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home National Historic Site (see H.R. 400), H1116 [22MR]
Dept. of Transportation: establish a grant program for the rehabilitation, preservation, or improvement of railroad track (see H.R. 1020), H1925 [3MY]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify compensation standards for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans suffering from certain undiagnosed illnesses (see H.R. 612), H1717 [1MY]
———furnish headstones or markers for the marked graves of certain individuals (see H.R. 1351), H9077 [6DE]
———provide grants for toll-free telephone number to provide information and assistance to veterans (see H.R. 1746), H2185 [15MY]
———repeal the offset from surviving spouse annuities under the military Survivor Benefit Plan for amounts paid as dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 3183), H7529 [30OC]
Detroit, MI: tricentennial (see H. Con. Res. 80), H1115 [22MR]
Discrimination: protect rights and condemn attacks on Arab Americans, American Muslims, and South Asian Americans relative to terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H. Con. Res. 227), H5704 [14SE]
Diseases: expand research activities relative to Duchenne muscular dystrophy (see H.R. 717), H398 [14FE]
Drugs: extend and modify the Drug-Free Communities Support Program and authorize a National Community Antidrug Coalition Institute (see H.R. 2291), H4217 [18JY]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: change due date for corporate estimated taxes (see H.R. 2825), H5338 [2AU]
———make tax benefits permanent (see H.R. 2316), H4541 [24JY]
Education: spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on children's classrooms (see H.R. 1944), H2570 [22MY]
EPA: make grants for remediation of sediment contamination in areas of concern and authorize assistance for research and development of innovative technologies for such purposes (see H.R. 1070), H3863 [10JY]
Families and domestic relations: recognize and support crisis pregnancy centers (see H. Res. 302), H8948 [5DE]
Federal Prison Industries: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (see H.R. 1577), H2185 [15MY]
Financial institutions: prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities (see H.R. 3424), H10967 [20DE]
Firearms: protect manufacturers and sellers in the firearms and ammunition industry from restrictions on interstate or foreign commerce (see H.R. 2037), H2847 [25MY]
Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 36), H876 [13MR]
Foreign trade: extend trade authorities procedures with respect to reciprocal trade agreements (see H.R. 2149), H3261 [19JN]
———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), H1489 [4AP]
Gambling: expand and modernize the prohibition against interstate gambling (see H.R. 3215), H7717 [1NO]
———protect amateur athletics and combat illegal sports gambling (see H.R. 641), H1116 [22MR]
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]
Health: emphasize the importance of organ, tissue, bone marrow, and blood donation, and support National Donor Day (see H. Con. Res. 31), H324 [13FE]
Health care professionals: help solve the nursing shortage in hospitals and continuing care settings (see H.R. 1897), H2999 [7JN]
Housing: provide home ownership assistance to public safety officers and teachers (see H.R. 3191), H8421 [27NO]
Immigration: ensure no alien is removed, denied benefits, or otherwise deprived of liberty, based on evidence that is kept secret from the alien (see H.R. 1266), H2712 [24MY]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 835), H622 [1MR] (see H.R. 1330), H1406 [3AP]
Insurance: ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (see H.R. 3210), H7717 [1NO]
Iran and Libya Sanctions Act: extend authorities (see H.R. 1954), H2677 [23MY]
Korea, Republic of: remove trade barriers to U.S. automotive imports (see H. Con. Res. 144), H3807 [28JN]
Korean War Veterans Association, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 952), H1013 [20MR]
Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H7960 [8NO]
———honor and recognize officers killed in the line of duty and daily risks and sacrifices of officers (see H. Res. 116), H2148 [14MY]
Medicare: coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1624), H2890 [5JN]
———eliminate reduction in payment rates under the prospective payment system for home health services and increase payments for such services in rural areas (see H.R. 975), H874 [13MR]
———expand coverage of preventive services and provide coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 828), H3465 [21JN]
———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), H5406 [5SE]
———provide adequate coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for certain kidney transplant patients (see H.R. 1839), H2998 [7JN]
———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]
———provide regulatory relief, appeals process reforms, contracting flexibility, and education improvements (see H.R. 3046), H7529 [30OC]
———reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities (see H.R. 1911), H3519 [25JN]
———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), H8949 [5DE]
Motor vehicles: extend child passenger protection education grant funding (see H.R. 691), H2184 [15MY]
National Day of Reconciliation: designate (see H. Con. Res. 184), H6781 [12OC]
National Health Center Week: establish (see H. Con. Res. 179), H4429 [23JY]
National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day: add to the list of days on which the flag should be especially displayed (see H.R. 2675), H4862 [30JY]
National Stem Cell Donor Bank: establish to preserve donation of qualifying human stem cells and to conduct and support research using such cells (see H.R. 2096), H5456 [6SE]
NATO: recommend the integration of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (see H. Con. Res. 116), H2680 [23MY]
Oscar G. Johnson Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility, Iron Mountain, MI: designate (see H.R. 550), H929 [14MR]
Pensions: provide retirement investment advice to workers managing their retirement income assets (see H.R. 2269), H4863 [30JY]
———reform (see H.R. 10), H927 [14MR]
Petroleum: require a more uniform formula for gasoline and diesel fuel so that fuels manufactured in one region may be transported and sold in other regions (see H.R. 2249), H3357 [20JN]
Philip E. Ruppe Post Office Building, Lake Linden, MI: designate (see H.R. 1374), H6919 [16OC]
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), H6781 [12OC]
Public welfare programs: authorize State use of funds provided under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program to support infant safe haven programs (see H.R. 2018), H3864 [10JY]
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]
Schools: allow certain grants to be used to establish and maintain school safety hotlines (see H.R. 899), H878 [13MR]
SEC: limit collection of certain fees and adjust compensation for employees (see H.R. 1088), H959 [19MR]
Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 1774), H3203 [14JN]
Social Security: allow coverage of pregnancy-related assistance for targeted low-income pregnant women under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see H.R. 2610), H7718 [1NO]
———earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 498), H222 [7FE]
———ensure entitled entities comply with certain regulations providing for the electronic exchange of health information (see H.R. 3323), H8843 [4DE]
———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), H3358 [20JN]
———provide greater equity and efficiency to the SSA payment system for claimant representation (see H.R. 3332), H10173 [17DE]
Solid waste: limit receipt of out-of-State municipal solid waste (see H.R. 1213), H3806 [28JN]
———State and local control over the flow of municipal solid waste (see H.R. 1214), H3806 [28JN]
Spruance, Raymond A.: promote posthumously to the grade of Fleet Admiral of the U.S. Navy (see H.R. 2492), H4008 [12JY]
Tariff: impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see H.R. 1786), H6702 [11OC]
Taxation: allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance and establish State health insurance safety-net programs (see H.R. 1331), H1407 [3AP]
———allow credit for dry and wet cleaning equipment that uses non-hazardous primary process solvents (see H.R. 978), H2889 [5JN]
———allow deduction for charitable contributions to individuals who do not itemize other deductions (see H.R. 777), H505 [28FE]
———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), H2680 [23MY]
———allow tax credit to businesses who employ members of the military Reserves and a comparable credit to self-employed military Reserve participants (see H.R. 394), H6380 [4OC]
———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), H2142 [10MY]
———clarify application of the excise tax imposed on bows and arrows (see H.R. 2001), H2710 [24MY]
———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), H4429 [23JY]
———expand the Hope Scholarship credit for certain expenses and exempt certain Federal education grants when taking expenses into account (see H.R. 2219), H3258 [19JN]
———incentives for education (see H.R. 549), H253 [8FE]
———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 267), H167 [31JA]
———prohibit treatment of certain games of chance as an unrelated trade or business expense (see H.R. 2237), H3259 [19JN]
———provide consistent treatment of survivor benefits for public safety officers killed in the line of duty (see H.R. 710), H398 [14FE]
———provide incentives for health coverage for the uninsured (see H.R. 1181), H1113 [22MR]
———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), H223 [7FE]
———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 limits on the deduction for interest on education loans and increase income threshold for the phase out of such deduction (see H.R. 436), H2082 [9MY]
———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 122), H224 [7FE]
———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 622), H393 [14FE]
———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1305), H1558 [24AP]
———treatment of certain bonds issued by local governments in connection with delinquent real property taxes (see H.R. 3381), H8731 [29NO]
———treatment of certain medical savings accounts (see H.R. 1524), H1498 [4AP]
———treatment of crops destroyed by casualty (see H.R. 2354), H7592 [31OC]
———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), H2142 [10MY]
———treatment of individual retirement accounts relative to charitable contributions (see H.R. 774), H505 [28FE]
———treatment of information technology job training expenses (see H.R. 1769), H2081 [9MY]
———treatment of State tuition programs (see H.R. 248), H325 [13FE]
Terrorism: improve Federal efforts to prepare for, and respond to, terrorist attacks (see H.R. 525), H877 [13MR]
Traverse City, MI: modify reversionary interest in certain real property conveyed to school district (see H.R. 3370), H9240 [11DE]
Veterans: increase educational benefits under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 1291), H1411 [3AP]
———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), H5928 [21SE]
Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 668), H2184 [15MY]
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
Budget: require sequestration of certain discretionary non-defense spending equal to the size of any on-budget deficit (see H.R. 2865), H5455 [6SE]
Financial institutions: safeguard the public from fraud and streamline and facilitate efforts of Federal and State regulators to share antifraud information (see H.R. 1408), H1482 (see H.R. 1408), H1492 [4AP]
Great Lakes: prohibit oil and gas drilling (see H. Con. Res. 152), H2889 [5JN]
Great Lakes Basin: affirm authority (see H. Con. Res. 148), H2848 [25MY]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 2473), H3960 [11JY]
Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds (see H.R. 373), H165 [31JA]
States: authorize prohibition or imposition of certain limitations on the receipt of foreign municipal solid waste (see H.R. 1927), H2387 [21MY]
Taxation: allow a deduction for State tuition program expenses and prohibit exclusion of distributions used for education expenses from gross income (see H.R. 475), H221 [7FE]
Water: authorize use of certain Federal funding programs to remove arsenic from drinking water when the EPA promulgates a new national primary drinking water regulation for arsenic (see H.R. 2112), H2997 [7JN]
Remarks
Aviation: Federal versus private employment status for aviation security personnel, H7679 [1NO]
———improve security (H.R. 3150), H7679 [1NO]
Banks, Sharon: Michigan Association of School Administration Superintendent of the Year award recipient, E2276
Bon Ton Shoppe, Inc.: anniversary, E563
Chelsea, MI: Chelsea High School's Chelsea Bleu Print (publication) recipient of American Scholastic Press Association first place with special merit award, E979
Covert, Anita: Michigan Small Business Person of the Year award recipient, E719
Darnell, Sara: Dept. of State Fulbright Award recipient, E1755
Discrimination: protect rights and condemn attacks on Arab Americans, American Muslims, and South Asian Americans relative to terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H. Con. Res. 227), E1680
Durand, MI: tribute to Durand Middle School Invest in America Project, E2325
Education: close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), H2581, H2582
———encourage education savings accounts in States that have qualified tuition programs, H2581, H2582
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2311), H3682 [27JN], E1289
———making appropriations (H.R. 2311), conference report, H7606 [1NO]
Fenton, MI: TRW Inc., Chassis Systems Plant recipient of Michigan Dept. of Consumer & Industry Services Michigan Voluntary Protection Programs Star Award, E1405
Financial institutions: safeguard the public from fraud and streamline and facilitate efforts of Federal and State regulators to share antifraud information (H.R. 1408), H7741 [6NO], E577
Gisel, Ronald A.: Air Force Outstanding Airman of the Year award recipient, E2060
Goik, Edie B.: Reading Is Fundamental poster contest honoree, E987
Great Lakes: prohibit oil and gas drilling, H3682 [27JN], H5171 [1AU], H7606 [1NO], E1289
———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, H7606 [1NO]
Howell, MI: Jaycees (organization) recipient of Harold R. Marks award, E1344
———Latson Road Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1928
———tribute to Southeast Elementary School on receipt of the Golden Apple Award, E2329
Husby, Richard: American Water Works Association Exemplary Wellhead Protection Award recipient, E1070
Lansing, MI: National Commission on Entrepreneurship designation as a top city for high-growth companies, E1304
———tribute to Bea Christy Award nominees, E117
———tribute to Lansing Board of Water and Light environmentally friendly energy program, E1305
Marine Corps: tribute to C Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Regiment, 1st Marine Division for confrontation with Chinese Army after World War II, E1572
McNenly, Matthew: Dept. of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship recipient, E1174
Michigan: tribute to Michigan Vietnam Monument Commission volunteers, E1984
Michigan State University: tribute to graduating class, E1070
Miller, Ryan: Hobey Baker Award recipient, E907
Motor vehicles: average fuel economy standards for sport utility vehicles and other light trucks, H5120 [1AU]
Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 4), H5120, H5171 [1AU]
Ream, Gillian: National Security Education Program David L. Boren Undergraduate Scholarship recipient, E1343
Reeves, Lee: Girl Scouts of the Huron Valley Council Woman of Distinction award recipient, E673
SEC: limit collection of certain fees and adjust compensation for employees (H.R. 1088), H3181 [14JN]
Solomon, Jill: Dept. of State Fulbright Award recipient, E1757
States: authorize prohibition or imposition of certain limitations on the receipt of foreign municipal solid waste (H.R. 1927), E866
Stockwell, Charyl: tribute through honorary naming of Livingston Developmental Academy building, E1637
Taxation: rates (H.R. 1836), conference report, H2842
———reduce marriage tax penalty by adjusting rate brackets, standard deductions, and the earned income tax credit and increase child credits (H.R. 6), H1317
———tax-free treatment of distributions from state-sponsored prepaid tuition or college savings plans, H2842
Terrorism: deter and punish terrorist acts and enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (H.R. 2975), consideration (H. Res. 264), H6724 [12OC]
Unified Industries Inc.: Clean Corporate Citizen honoree, E2074
University of Michigan: tribute to graduating class, E1639
Water: authorize use of certain Federal funding programs to remove arsenic from drinking water when the EPA promulgates a new national primary drinking water regulation for arsenic (H.R. 2112), E1052
White, Katherine E.: White House Fellowship recipient, E1291
``Women in Congress, 1870-1989'': authorizing printing (H. Con. Res. 66), H1383
Tributes
Benghauser, Katie, E986
Carlson, Chae, E822
Christmas, Richard, E630
Conrad, Thomas, E1069
Goldsmith, Jim, E1671
Herald, James B., E1573
Irvin, Charles E., E1067
Kroll, Dan and Lisa, H1415 [4AP]
Martin, Oliver, E822
McNenly, Matthew, E1068
Meyers, Gerritt B., III, E822
Miyahira, Katsuya, E560
Seikichi, Iha, E560
Stout, Diana, E2267
Terpstra, Jennie, E1374
Young, Brian D., E2132