CANNON, CHRIS (a Representative from Utah)
Appointments
Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, H2591 [16MY]
Articles and editorials
Professor Heads to D.C. To Receive $25,000 Award, Provo (UT) Daily Herald, E1953
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 4965), H4498 [10JY]
Angeles National Forest: conveyance of land containing the Mount Wilson Observatory to the Mount Wilson Institute (see H.R. 4952), H3601 [17JN]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (see H.J. Res. 114), H7304 [8OC]
———provide for a Korea Defense Service Medal to be issued to members who participated in Korea after the Korean War (see H.R. 1935), H907 [13MR]
———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 3831), H6926 [1OC]
———revise rules on retirement payments to former spouses (see H.R. 1983), H1769 [30AP]
Arts and humanities: application of antitrust laws to certain negotiations of freelance writers and artists for the sale of their written and graphic material to publishers (see H.R. 4643), H2099 [2MY]
Aviation: establish a program for Federal flight deck officers (see H.R. 4635), H3562 [13JN]
BLM: provide permanent funding for the payment in lieu of taxes program (see H.R. 1811), H4766 [16JY]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 86), H1283 [11AP]
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), H5791 [25JY]
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]
———use of the rotunda for a ceremony to honor victims of the Holocaust (see H. Con. Res. 325), H284 [12FE]
Children and youth: enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (see H.R. 5326), H6304 [17SE]
———prevent child abduction (see H.R. 5422), H6927 [1OC]
Crime: disapprove certain sentencing guideline amendments (see H.R. 4689), H2354 [9MY]
———prevent trafficking in child pornography, condemn activities relating to sexually explicit visual depictions of minors, and prevent the use of child pornography to facilitate crimes against children (see H.R. 4623), H1769 [30AP]
Dept. of Agriculture: take actions to promptly address the risk of fire and insect infestation on National Forest System lands (see H.R. 5214), H5789 [25JY]
Dept. of the Interior: acquire certain environmentally sensitive lands in Nevada for inclusion in the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area (see H.R. 4141), H4350 [8JY]
Disasters: legal exemptions for certain National Park Service, Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, or BLM activities undertaken in federally declared disaster areas (see H.R. 5281), H5995 [26JY]
District of Columbia: scholarship vouchers to provide school choice (see H.R. 5033), H4498 [10JY]
Drugs: address the problem of pseudoephedrine smuggling into the U.S. from Canada (see H. Con. Res. 317), H201 [6FE]
———respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines (see H.R. 3782), H523 [14FE]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (see H.R. 4019), H3454 [11JN]
———make tax benefits permanent (see H.R. 2316), H1201 [10AP]
Endangered Species Act: authorize Federal agencies to promptly respond to health and safety emergencies (see H.R. 3259), H634 [27FE]
———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), H524 [14FE]
Executive Office of the President: ensure that requests or petitions for executive clemency are treated as lobbying contacts (see H.R. 5131), H4765 [16JY]
Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see H.J. Res. 93), H2511 [15MY]
FCC: facilitate the ability of certain spectrum auction winners to pursue alternative measures to meet the public needs of wireless telecommunications consumers (see H.R. 4738), H6559 [24SE]
Federal agencies and departments: review of efficiency and need for certain agencies (see H.R. 2373), H4574 [12JY]
Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 1841), H3668 [18JN]
———treatment of retirement benefits for assistant U.S. attorneys (see H.R. 1090), H3453 [11JN]
Financial Accounting Standards Board: develop standards of financial accounting and reporting relative to the treatment of stock options (see H.R. 5147), H4932 [18JY]
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), H688 [5MR]
Fire prevention: allow Depts. of Agriculture and the Interior to enter into agreements with Federal agencies to acquire goods and services relative to improving or using the wildfire fighting capability of those agencies (see H.R. 5185), H5194 [23JY]
———improve capacity to address wildfire prone conditions, establish fire management contracting authorities review process, and authorize appropriations for hazardous fuel reduction projects (see H.R. 5319), H7738 [9OC]
———reduce catastrophic wildfire threats to communities and the environment (see H.R. 5376), H6420 [19SE]
Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see H.R. 123), H2235 [8MY]
———protect and enforce the right to obtain and use firearms for security, self-defense, and other legitimate purposes (see H.R. 31), H2164 [7MY]
———protect right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 1460), H2164 [7MY]
———repeal permanent ban on possession of firearms by persons convicted of certain felonies (see H.R. 1455), H2164 [7MY]
Forests: authorize Regional Foresters to exempt tree-thinning projects from laws that give rise to legal action that delay or prevent such projects (see H.R. 5309), H5996 [26JY]
Freedom of religion: constitutional amendment on protection (see H.J. Res. 81), H4425 [9JY]
FTC: amend trade regulation rule on ophthalmic practice to require the release of prescriptions for contact lenses (see H.R. 2663), H524 [14FE]
Government regulations: require agencies to take into consideration the impact of newly promulgated rules on the privacy of individuals (see H.R. 4561), H5998 [26JY]
Health: reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see H.R. 4600), H3230 [5JN]
House of Representatives: use of content labeling for Internet web sites of Representatives (see H. Res. 430), H3037 [23MY]
Joe Skeen Federal Building, Roswell, NM: designate (see H.R. 5427), H6418 [19SE]
Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 1109), H284 [12FE]
Law enforcement: provide grants for law enforcement training and equipment to combat methamphetamine labs (see H.R. 4027), H1087 [20MR]
Medicare: 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), H3229 [5JN]
———reform the physician payment update system through repeal of the sustainable growth rate payment update system (see H.R. 3882), H3292 [6JN]
———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), H3928 [25JN]
National Archives and Records Administration: maintain an inventory of all gifts received from domestic sources for the President, the Executive Residence at the White House, or a Presidential archival depository (see H.R. 1081), H561 [26FE]
National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record: provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their families can register certain firearms (see H.R. 5176), H5086 [22JY]
Natrona County, WY: transfer certain public lands to the Corp. of the Presiding Bishop (see H.R. 4103), H1153 [9AP]
Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act: identify and register certain Central Americans residing in the U.S. (see H.R. 4037), H1088 [20MR]
Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (see H. Res. 459), H4069 [26JN]
Pornography: support vigorous enforcement of Federal obscenity laws (see H. Con. Res. 445), H6927 [1OC]
Public lands: establish time limits for completion of wilderness studies on Federal lands (see H.R. 4620), H3038 [23MY]
———exchange of certain private property in Colorado and certain Federal property in Utah (see H.R. 5318), H6085 [5SE]
———limit acquisition by the U.S. of land located in counties in which 50 percent or more of the land is already owned by the U.S. (see H.R. 3962), H1156 [9AP]
———provide consistent enforcement authority by Federal agencies that respond to violations of regulations governing public lands, and clarify the purpose of fines collected for violations (see H.R. 3808), H2512 [15MY]
Salt Lake City, UT: tribute to athletes, organizing committees, Utah, and security personnel who participated in the Olympic games (see H. Res. 363), H781 [7MR]
Sanderson, Cael: tribute (see H. Res. 399), H1674 [25AP]
Social Security: create individual accounts ensuring full benefits for all workers and their families, give Americans ownership of their retirement, and restore long-term solvency (see H.R. 3535), H6256 [13SE]
Taxation: allow an exclusion from gross income for certain amounts of capital gains distributions from regulated investment companies (see H.R. 168), H2164 [7MY]
———allow deduction to corporations for dividends paid and exclusion of dividends for indivduals (see H.R. 5413), H6417 [19SE]
———clarify treatment of incentive stock options and employee stock purchases (see H.R. 2695), H1155 [9AP]
———constitutional amendment on tax limitations (see H.J. Res. 96), H3291 [6JN]
———increase amount of capital losses that may offset ordinary income (see H.R. 5380), H6560 [24SE]
———provide full funding for payment in lieu of taxes program and protect local jurisdictions against loss of property tax revenues when private lands are acquired by Federal land management agencies (see H.R. 5053), H4325 [27JN] (see H.R. 5081), H4424 [9JY]
———remove the requirement of a mandatory beginning date for distributions from individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1368), H6693 [25SE]
———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 4716), H2470 [14MY]
———treatment of unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements (see H.R. 4804), H5791 [25JY]
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (see H. Con. Res. 464), H6229 [11SE]
———provide satisfaction of judgements from frozen assets of terrorists, terrorist organizations, and State sponsors of terrorism (see H.R. 4647), H2099 [2MY]
U.N.: rescind approving signature to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court on behalf of the U.S. and take necessary steps to prevent establishment of that Court (see H.R. 4169), H1339 [16AP]
———tribute to President Bush for rescinding approving signature to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court on behalf of the U.S. (see H. Res. 416), H2355 [9MY]
Veterans: increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 548), H2164 [7MY] (see H.R. 5403), H6373 [18SE]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Bankruptcy: treatment of certain claims or interests (see H.R. 4696), H2355 [9MY]
Central Utah Project: clarify Dept. of the Interior responsibilities, redirect unexpended budget authority for wastewater treatment and reuse, and prepay repayment contracts for water delivery facilities (see H.R. 4031), H1087 [20MR] (see H.R. 4129), H1199 [10AP]
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area: revise boundaries (see H.R. 3786), H561 [26FE]
James V. Hansen Federal Building, Ogden, UT: designate (see H.R. 5611), H7893 [10OC]
San Rafael Western Frontier National Heritage Area: establish (see H.R. 3876), H736 [6MR]
U.S. Olympic Committee: correct technical error in codification of U.S. Code relative to trademark protections (see H.R. 3674), H140 [5FE]
Utah: exchange certain lands (see H.R. 4968), H3720 [19JN]
Remarks
Agency for Immigration Affairs: make all employees exempt from civil service hiring and promotion procedures and eliminate certain protections in disciplinary actions, H1658 [25AP]
———simplify information technology procurement procedures, H1662, H1663, H1664 [25AP]
Army: tribute to 10th Mountain Division, E542
Bankruptcy: amend laws (H.R. 333), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 606), H8751 [14NO]
———nondischargeability of debts incurred as a result of abortion clinic protests, H8751 [14NO]
Central Utah Project: clarify Dept. of the Interior responsibilities, redirect unexpended budget authority for wastewater treatment and reuse, and prepay repayment contracts for water delivery facilities (H.R. 4129), H6876 [1OC]
Cibola National Wildlife Refuge: revoke a Public Land Order relative to certain erroneously included lands (H.R. 3937), H3829, H3830 [24JN]
Courts: expand Federal diversity jurisdiction to allow consideration of certain interstate class actions and provide additional protections to plaintiff class members (H.R. 2341), H863 [13MR]
———treatment of discovery orders in class action lawsuits when a party to the order withholds or destroys material, H863 [13MR]
Crime: prevent trafficking in child pornography, condemn activities relating to sexually explicit visual depictions of minors, and prevent the use of child pornography to facilitate crimes against children (H.R. 4623), H3881 [25JN]
Dept. of Homeland Security: clarify Freedom of Information Act exemptions relative to sharing of critical infrastructure information with other agencies, H5850 [26JY]
———establish (H.R. 5005), H5849, H5850 [26JY], H6491
———remedies for retaliation against whistleblowers, H5849 [26JY]
Federal Land Policy and Management Act: clarify method to determine fair market value of rights-of-way to prevent unreasonable increases in deployment costs of critical infrastructure (H.R. 3258), E1331
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area: revise boundaries (H.R. 3786), H3830, H3831 [24JN]
Immigration: expand class of beneficiaries who may apply for adjustment of status by extending the deadline for a classification petition and a labor certification filing (H.R. 1885), concur with Senate amendment (H. Res. 365), H807 [12MR]
Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (H.R. 1542), H586, H587 [27FE]
———deregulate Internet and high speed data services (H.R. 1542), consideration (H. Res. 350), H570 [27FE]
———deregulate Internet and high speed data services (H.R. 1542), motion to recommit, H604 [27FE]
———protect competition in Internet and high speed data services by preserving certain FCC and State regulations affecting competitive local exchange carriers, H570, H586, H587, H604 [27FE]
INS: replace with the Agency for Immigration Affairs (H.R. 3231), H1658, H1662, H1663, H1664 [25AP]
Insurance: ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (H.R. 3210), motion to instruct conferees, H6134 [10SE]
Joseph D. Early Post Office Building, Worcester, MA: designate (H.R. 5333), H6270, H6271 [17SE]
Journal: question of approval, H3829 [24JN]
New River Gorge National River: modify boundaries (H.R. 3858), H3831 [24JN]
Public lands: tribute to ``American Frontiers—A Public Lands Journey'' expedition, E1663
Rollan D. Melton Post Office Building, Fallon, NV: designate (H.R. 4102), H6269, H6270 [17SE]
Salt Lake City, UT: tribute to athletes, organizing committees, Utah, and security personnel who participated in the Olympic games (H. Res. 363), H1106
Smoot, Leon D.: Dept. of Energy Homer H. Lowry Award recipient for research into computer modeling of fuel combustion, E1953
Terrorism: provide satisfaction of judgements from frozen assets of terrorists, terrorist organizations, and State sponsors of terrorism, H6134 [10SE]
U.S. Marshals Service: tribute to Special Operations Group, E505
U.S. Olympic Committee: correct technical error in codification of U.S. Code relative to trademark protections (S. 1888), H124 [5FE]
University of Utah: assist in preservation of archaeological, paleontological, zoological, geological, and botanical artifacts through construction of a new facility for the Museum of Natural History (H.R. 3928), H953 [19MR]
Utah: exchange certain lands (H.R. 4968), H6863
———tribute to Marine Corps Reserve Fox Company, E1284
Votes: correction, H884
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H1767 [30AP]
Special order: granted, H9018 [14NO]
Subpoena Notices
Utah Third District Court, H2509 [15MY]
Tributes
Safavian, David, E1228