CAMP, DAVE (a Representative from Michigan)
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 4965), H3775 [20JN]
Agriculture: provide emergency livestock assistance and emergency crop loss assistance to agricultural producers (see H.R. 5310), H6085 [5SE]
Armed Forces: reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 3831), H7018 [3OC]
Bankruptcy: treatment of certain claims or interests (see H.R. 4696), H2355 [9MY]
Capitol Building and Grounds: tribute to District of Columbia National Guard, National Guard Bureau, and Dept. of Defense for assistance to Capitol Police and Congress after terrorist and anthrax attacks (see H. Con. Res. 378), H1533 [23AP]
———tribute to District of Columbia National Guard and Capitol Police for increased security after terrorist and anthrax attacks (see H. Con. Res. 371), H1200 [10AP]
Children and youth: access of disadvantaged children to dental services (see H.R. 3659), H3230 [5JN]
———prevent teen pregnancy by educating teenagers about the negative consequences of premature sexual activity (see H. Con. Res. 393), H2019 [1MY]
———protect from exploitive child modeling (see H.R. 4667), H2163 [7MY]
Civil Air Patrol: make volunteer members eligible for public safety officer death benefits (see H.R. 3681), H1091 [20MR]
Clean Air Act: ensure reasonable emissions standards for highway motorcycles (see H.R. 5433), H8035 [21OC]
Community service: provide incentives for communities and individuals to serve the poor and others in need and enhance ability of low-income individuals to build assets (H.R. 7), complete congressional action (see H. Res. 539), H6418 [19SE]
Courts: modify jurisdiction of Federal courts, inferior to the Supreme Court, over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance (see H.R. 5064), H5453 [24JY]
Cuba: lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 5022), H4606 [15JY]
Customs Service: establish a joint U.S.-Canada customs inspection project (see H.R. 4703), H2355 [9MY]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (see H.R. 5005), H3859 [24JN]
Detroit Red Wings (hockey team): tribute (see H. Res. 452), H3774 [20JN]
Developing countries: increase assistance for the poorest people in developing countries under microenterprise assistance programs (see H.R. 4073), H2356 [9MY]
Diseases: expand and coordinate activities of NIH and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention relative to cancer survivorship research and programs (see H.R. 4963), H4069 [26JN]
District of Columbia: scholarship vouchers to provide school choice (see H.R. 5033), H5453 [24JY]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (see H.R. 4019), H3454 [11JN]
Education: establishment of a commission on technology and education (see H. Res. 295), H5195 [23JY]
———provide student loan borrowers with a choice of lender for loan consolidation (see H.R. 3273), H5791 [25JY]
Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: reform relative to liability for noncompliance (see H.R. 2014), H3453 [11JN]
FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2649), H833 [12MR]
Foreign policy: impose sanctions on the PLO, or the Palestinian Authority, if the President determines that these entities have not complied with certain commitments (see H.R. 1795), H833 [12MR]
FTC: establish a list of consumers who request not to receive telephone sales calls (see H.R. 3911), H3514 [12JN]
Harwell, Ernie: tribute (see H. Res. 565), H7304 [8OC]
Health: expand applicability of laws preventing governmental discrimination against health care entities who refuse to perform or provide training in performing abortions (see H.R. 4691), H6559 [24SE]
———provide programs for the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of stroke (see H.R. 3431), H5998 [26JY]
Health care facilities: establish a health information technology grant program and a Medical Information Technology Advisory Board (see H.R. 3292), H833 [12MR]
Height, Dorothy I.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4531), H6303 [17SE]
House of Representatives: encourage each State to examine its statutes, practices, and procedures governing appointment and election of new Members in the event of a catastrophe (see H. Res. 559), H6777 [26SE]
ITC: conduct an expedited review of temporary safeguards on imports of certain steel products (see H. Con. Res. 507), H7738 [9OC]
James V. Hansen Federal Building, Ogden, UT: designate (see H.R. 5611), H7893 [10OC]
Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 1109), H687 [5MR]
Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 3794), H3825 [21JN]
Major League Baseball: implement a mandatory steroid testing program (see H. Res. 496), H5086 [22JY]
Medicare: coverage of oral drugs to reduce serum phosphate levels in patients with end stage renal disease (see H.R. 3246), H285 [12FE]
———improve outpatient vision services (see H.R. 2484), H7018 [3OC]
———improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit (see H.R. 3710), H9025 [14NO]
———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), H2511 [15MY]
———make the social HMO a permanent option under Medicare+Choice program (see H.R. 2953), H634 [27FE]
———pay ambulance suppliers the full costs of providing such services (see H.R. 3109), H1201 [10AP]
———provide coverage for kidney disease education services (see H.R. 3770), H523 [14FE]
———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 1609), H284 [12FE]
National Community Role Models Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 409), H5791 [25JY]
Native Americans: ensure that any business owned and operated by an Indian tribe and located on Indian lands is not considered an employer under the National Labor Relations Act (see H.R. 4719), H2608 [16MY]
NATO: affirm importance, support continued U.S. participation, and ensure that enlargement proceeds in a manner consistent with U.S. interests (see H. Res. 468), H6927 [1OC]
Pensions: provide additional protection to participants in individual account plans, promote investment advice, and prohibit certain insider trades of securities (H.R. 3762), complete congressional action (see H. Res. 540), H6419 [19SE]
Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (see H. Res. 459), H4326 [27JN]
Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 4090), H1152 [9AP]
———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), complete congressional action (see H. Res. 525), H6303 [17SE]
Reagan, Ronald: tribute (see H.J. Res. 82), H141 [5FE]
Sewage disposal: sewer overflow control grants appropriations (see H.R. 5183), H5194 [23JY]
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore: expansion (see H.R. 5562), H7171 [7OC]
Social Security: improve patient safety (see H.R. 4889), H3291 [6JN]
———provide greater equity and efficiency to the SSA payment system for claimant representation (see H.R. 3332), H833 [12MR]
———provide miscellaneous enhancements in benefits for women (see H.R. 4069), H2472 [14MY]
Sudan: increase diplomatic efforts to encourage peace process in ongoing civil war and facilitate relief efforts (see H.R. 5531), H7172 [7OC]
Tariff: impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see H.R. 1786), H6926 [1OC]
Taxation: allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance and establish State health insurance safety-net programs (see H.R. 1331), H3453 [11JN]
———allow tax credit for contributions for the benefit of elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 5192), H5194 [23JY]
———constitutional amendment on tax limitations (see H.J. Res. 96), H3291 [6JN]
———extend foreign tax credit carryforward (see H.R. 4958), H3668 [18JN]
———improve retirement income by taxing annuities and certain life insurance payments at capital gains rates (see H.R. 3320), H3928 [25JN]
———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), complete congressional action (see H. Res. 524), H6303 [17SE]
———permit churches and other houses of worship to engage in political campaigns (see H.R. 2357), H6559 [24SE]
———prohibit treatment of certain games of chance as an unrelated trade or business expense (see H.R. 2237), H907 [13MR]
———simplify Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 5166), H4931 [18JY]
———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 4716), H2470 [14MY]
———treat Indian tribes the same as State governments relative to gambling (see H.R. 4887), H3928 [25JN]
———treatment of certain reinvested gains by S corporations (see H.R. 4675), H6983 [2OC]
———treatment of deposits and similar amounts received by a tour operator for a tour arranged by such operator (see H.R. 2618), H2945 [22MY]
———treatment of employee leasing organizations (see H.R. 4099), H6777 [26SE]
Thomas, Rex D. (Dave): tribute (see H. Res. 336), H104 [29JA]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see H.R. 3694), H655 [4MR]
Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (see H.R. 5587), H7895 [10OC]
Water: establish marine and freshwater research, development, and demonstration programs to control and eradicate invasive species, educate the public, and restore ecosystems (see H.R. 5395), H6373 [18SE]
———establish national ballast water management program to prevent introduction of invasive species and improve prevention and treatment research and technology (see H.R. 5396), H6373 [18SE]
YMCA: clarify tax status of retirement fund (see H.R. 5277), H5995 [26JY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Armed Forces: provide for certain servicemembers to become eligible for educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 5173), H5086 [22JY]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (see H.R. 4800), H2943 [22MY]
Firefighters: develop new firefighting technology (see H.R. 5479), H6776 [26SE]
Great Lakes: restore and protect (see H. Res. 361), H737 [6MR] (see H. Res. 560), H6777 [26SE]
Medicare/Medicaid: reform Federal survey and certification process for nursing facilities (see H.R. 4030), H1087 [20MR]
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: commend promotion of use of child safety seats and seatbelts in motor vehicles and sponsorship of National Child Passenger Safety Week (see H. Con. Res. 326), H284 [12FE]
Taxation: clarify that church employees are eligible for the exclusion for qualified tuition reduction programs of charitable educational organizations (see H.R. 4950), H3601 [17JN]
———increase deduction for teacher classroom supplies and expand to include qualified professional development expenses (see H.R. 5085), H4497 [10JY]
———provide an alternative simplified credit for qualified research expenses (see H.R. 5658), H8021 [16OC]
———treatment of depreciation of potato storage facilities (see H.R. 4718), H2470 [14MY]
———treatment of unrelated business taxable income (see H.R. 4488), H1482 [18AP]
Terrorism: liquidate certain blocked assets of terrorists and terrorist organizations for the compensation of terrorism victims (see H.R. 3698), H227 [7FE]
Remarks
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7388 [9OC]
———provide for certain servicemembers to become eligible for educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (H.R. 5173), E1308
Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2003-2007 (H. Con. Res. 353), H1069
Commission on Native American Policy: establish, H4801 [17JY]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), H5875
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5093), H4801 [17JY]
Detroit Red Wings (hockey team): tribute (H. Res. 452), E1307
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make pension and individual retirement arrangement provisions permanent (H.R. 4931), H3793 [21JN]
———repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (H.R. 4800), H3092, H3093, H3094 [4JN]
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 (H.R. 1070), H6012
House of Representatives: require that excess amounts from Members' official allowances be applied to deficit reduction, E1322
Lansing, MI: tribute to McBain High School boys' basketball team, E679
Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 5121), E1322
Medicare: establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), H4274 [27JN]
Medicare/Medicaid: reform Federal survey and certification process for nursing facilities (H.R. 4030), E433
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: commend promotion of use of child safety seats and seatbelts in motor vehicles and sponsorship of National Child Passenger Safety Week (H. Con. Res. 326), H255 [12FE]
NIST: authorize work with manufacturing industries on an initiative of standards development and implementation for electronic enterprise integration (H.R. 2733), H4515 [11JY]
Pensions: provide additional protection to participants in individual account plans, promote investment advice, and prohibit certain insider trades of securities (H.R. 3762), H1239 [11AP]
Philip E. Ruppe Post Office Building, Lake Linden, MI: designate (H.R. 1374), E593
Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), H2537 [16MY]
Sanford, MI: tribute to Meridian High School for ``adoption'' of Pentagon terrorist attack survivor Brian Birdwell, E793
Taxation: increase deduction for teacher classroom supplies and expand to include qualified professional development expenses (H.R. 5085), E1251
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (H. Con. Res. 464), E1582
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H5084 [22JY]
Tributes
Hirschmann, Susan, E1329
Thomas, Rex D. (Dave), E96