CUNNINGHAM, RANDY ``DUKE'' (a Representative from California)
Amendments
Aviation: establish a program for Federal flight deck officers (H.R. 4635), H4425 [9JY]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 4628, intelligence services appropriations, H7004 [3OC]
———H.R. 5010, Dept. of Defense appropriations, H6138 [10SE]
Articles and editorials
Paul Ecke, Jr., Succumbs to Cancer, Adam Kaye, E822
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 4965), H3775 [20JN]
Airports: modify terminal buildings to accommodate explosive detection systems for screening checked baggage (see H.R. 5135), H4766 [16JY]
American Zoo and Aquarium Association: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 408), H3601 [17JN]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (see H.J. Res. 114), H7304 [8OC]
Army: anniversary of the founding of the Special Forces and honor Aaron Bank for his role in the founding (see H. Con. Res. 364), H3161 [4JN]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 86), H1283 [11AP]
Bush, President: address issues of neighborhood crime prevention and community policing and support Federal participation in National Night Out (see H. Res. 437), H3292 [6JN]
California: address habitat enhancement projects at Salton Sea (see H.R. 5123), H5453 [24JY]
California Missions Foundation: support efforts to restore and repair Spanish colonial and mission-era missions in California and to preserve artworks and artifacts of these missions (see H.R. 5699), H8041 [24OC]
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]
Carrier, Willis H.: tribute to anniversary of invention of modern air-conditioning (see H. Con. Res. 413), H3454 [11JN]
Cemeteries and funerals: allow State placement of supplemental guide signs for veterans cemeteries on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 2521), H284 [12FE]
Children and youth: access of disadvantaged children to dental services (see H.R. 3659), H1284 [11AP]
———improve access to books (see H.R. 116), H78 [24JA]
Civil Air Patrol: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 311), H285 [12FE]
Cleveland National Forest: provide an environmentally sound process for the approval of high-voltage electricity transmission line right-of-way through the Trabuco Ranger District (see H.R. 5409), H6417 [19SE]
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]
Computers: establish a program to transfer surplus computers of Federal agencies to schools and nonprofit community-based educational organizations (see H.R. 4785), H3293 [6JN]
———provide greater cybersecurity (see H.R. 3482), H367 [13FE]
Corps of Engineers: make beneficial use of dredged material for shoreline protection and restoration (see H.R. 5137), H6559 [24SE]
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), H4554 [11JY]
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 (see H.R. 4623), H2945 [22MY]
———supervised release of life for offenders who commit sex offenses against children (see H.R. 4679), H3038 [23MY]
Dept. of Commerce: prohibit pelagic longline fishing in the exclusive economic zone off the coasts of California, Oregon, and Washington (see H.R. 4618), H1768 [30AP]
Dept. of Energy: authorizing appropriations for the Office of Science (see H.R. 5270), H6374 [18SE]
Dept. of Justice: implement a program which provides for dedicated commuter lanes at land points of entry into the U.S. (see H.R. 4837), H7172 [7OC]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish two satellite national cemeteries for veterans in the San Diego, CA, area (see H.R. 4806), H2943 [22MY]
———exclude monetary benefits paid to veterans by States and municipalities from consideration as income for purposes of pension benefits (see H.R. 3771), H932 [14MR]
———maintain health care eligibility for veterans being held as a prisoner in a county or city jail (see H.R. 3772), H1284 [11AP]
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), H3720 [19JN]
District of Columbia: repeal law banning firearms (see H.R. 4642), H3230 [5JN]
Drugs: address the problem of pseudoephedrine smuggling into the U.S. from Canada (see H. Con. Res. 317), H634 [27FE]
———respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines (see H.R. 3782), H634 [27FE]
Education: importance of music education (see H. Con. Res. 343), H781 [7MR]
Endangered Species Act: require the Dept. of the Interior to use the best sound science available in implementing (see H.R. 4840), H6130 [9SE]
FCC: eliminate deadlines for spectrum auctions of spectrum previously allocated to television broadcasting (see H.R. 4560), H2108 [6MY]
———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), H6061 [4SE]
———treat private land use rules as State or local regulations for purposes of certain Federal regulations (see H.R. 4720), H8045 [28OC]
FDA: establish restrictions relative to the qualifications of physicians prescribing the abortion drug known as RU-486 (see H.R. 482), H1201 [10AP]
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]
Financial institutions: facilitate check truncation, foster innovation in the check collection system, and improve the overall efficiency of payment systems (see H.R. 5414), H7172 [7OC]
Foreign trade: amend trade laws to provide more fairness to U.S. industry (see H.R. 2770), H7929 [15OC]
Francis Dayle `Chick' Hearn Post Office, Encino, CA: designate (see H.R. 5340), H6084 [5SE]
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), H6172 [10SE]
———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 3450), H1620 [24AP]
———reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see H.R. 4600), H3230 [5JN]
Hunting and trapping: recognize hunting heritage and provide opportunities for continued hunting on public lands (see H.R. 5612), H7893 [10OC]
Insurance: coverage of colorectal cancer screening (see H.R. 1520), H937 [18MR]
Iran: human rights violations (see H. Res. 505), H6983 [2OC]
James V. Hansen Federal Building, Ogden, UT: designate (see H.R. 5611), H7893 [10OC]
Joe Skeen Federal Building, Roswell, NM: designate (see H.R. 5427), H6418 [19SE]
Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 3794), H688 [5MR]
Medicaid: extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (see H.R. 854), H141 [5FE]
Medicare: coverage of cholesterol and blood lipid screening (see H.R. 3278), H6060 [4SE]
———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), H141 [5FE]
———make the social HMO a permanent option under Medicare+Choice program (see H.R. 2953), H3775 [20JN]
Museum and Library Services Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3784), H561 [26FE]
Music in Our Schools Month: observance (see H. Con. Res. 343), H781 [7MR]
Nat King Cole Post Office, Los Angeles, CA: designate (see H.R. 4797), H2943 [22MY]
Native Americans: protect tribes from coerced labor agreements (see H.R. 103), H1283 [11AP]
Navy: declare a national policy for naval force structure (see H.R. 5196), H6130 [9SE]
Navy League of the U.S.: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 416), H3453 [11JN]
Norman Shumway Post Office Building, Stockton, CA: designate (see H.R. 5465), H6692 [25SE]
OMB: provide that certain adjustments made to align highway spending with revenues have no force or effect (see H.R. 3900), H780 [7MR]
OPM: require all Federal agencies to collect and report data on use of official time by employees for union activities (see H.R. 4907), H3453 [11JN]
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]
Public welfare programs: 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]
Riverside National Cemetery: designate POW/MIA National Memorial (see H.R. 5545), H7738 [9OC]
Ronald C. Packard Post Office Building, Oceanside, CA: designate (see H.R. 4794), H2943 [22MY]
Taxation: 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), H141 [5FE]
———clarify treatment of incentive stock options and employee stock purchases (see H.R. 2695), H141 [5FE]
———expand renewable resources production tax credit to include additional forms of renewable energy and expand investment tax credit to include equipment used to produce electricity from renewable resources (see H.R. 4668), H3514 [12JN]
———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), complete congressional action (see H. Res. 524), H6303 [17SE]
———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 236), H1410 [17AP]
———require child support delinquent parents to include their unpaid obligation in gross income, and allow custodial parents a deduction for unpaid child support (see H.R. 5130), H4765 [16JY]
———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 2714), H1484 [18AP] (see H.R. 4716), H2470 [14MY]
———treatment of tips (see H.R. 1274), H3229 [5JN]
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (see H. Con. Res. 464), H6229 [11SE]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see H.R. 3694), H367 [13FE]
U.S. Military Academy: bicentennial (see H.J. Res. 83), H688 [5MR]
Veterans: honor and commend the Lao Veterans of America, Inc., Laotian and Hmong veterans of the Vietnam War, and their families, for their historic contributions to the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 406), H5087 [22JY]
———improve benefits for former POWs (see H.R. 3430), H7738 [9OC]
———improve benefits for World War II Filipino veterans and their surviving spouses (see H.R. 4904), H3453 [11JN]
———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 5403), H6373 [18SE]
Veterans Day: issue annual commemorative postage stamp (see H. Res. 429), H5454 [24JY]
———request that television and radio stations provide a moment of silence or a public service announcement each year (see H. Con. Res. 266), H201 [6FE]
Water Desalination Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4792), H3514 [12JN]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Alaska: improve rural mail service (see H.R. 5324), H6059 [4SE]
Ecke, Paul, Jr.: tribute (see H. Res. 471), H4350 [8JY]
Immigration: treatment of spouses and children of Philippine servicemen who served in the U.S. Navy (see H.R. 3906), H780 [7MR]
Mexico: address San Diego long-range sportfishing fleet rights to fish waters near the Revillagigedo Islands of Mexico (see H. Res. 570), H7018 [3OC]
Tariff: night vision monoculars (see H.R. 4224), H1289 [15AP]
Proclamations
Tribute: Representative Ney, E1716 [2OC]
Remarks
Appropriations: legislative process, H6995 [3OC], H7957 [16OC]
———making continuing (H.J. Res. 111), H6758, H6759, H6767 [26SE]
———making continuing (H.J. Res. 112), H6995 [3OC]
———making continuing (H.J. Res. 123), consideration (H. Res. 585), H7957 [16OC]
———making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), H2952, H2992 [23MY]
———making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), conference report, H5224 [23JY]
———making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), consideration (H. Res. 428), H2897 [22MY]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7309, H7318 [9OC]
Aviation: establish a program for Federal flight deck officers (H.R. 4635), H4444, H4458, H4462, H4463, H4466, H4469 [10JY]
———improve security by allowing pilots to have guns in the cockpit, H4444, H4458, H4462, H4463, H4466, H4469 [10JY]
———prohibit air carriers from taking retaliatory action against pilots who volunteer for the Federal flight deck officer program, H4466 [10JY]
———remove cap on number of pilots who may be deputized as Federal flight deck officers and establish deadlines for training of such pilots, H4462, H4463, H4466 [10JY]
———remove cap on number of pilots who may be deputized as Federal flight deck officers and make the program permanent, H4458 [10JY]
———remove preference to pilots who are former military or law enforcement personnel for deputization as Federal flight deck officers, H4462, H4463, H4466 [10JY]
Business and industry: protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures pursuant to securities laws (H.R. 3763), H4772 [17JY]
California State University San Marcos: designation of Kellogg Library, E1780
Carlsbad, CA: Valley Middle School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1757
Colleges and universities: recognize contributions of historically Black colleges and universities (H. Res. 523), H6311 [18SE]
Commission on Native American Policy: establish, H4798 [17JY]
Cuba: condition lifting of travel restrictions on certification that Cuba is not developing or providing technology to terrorists for biological weapons and is not providing support or sanctuary to terrorists, H5270 [23JY]
———lift travel restrictions, H5297 [23JY]
Customs Service: civil liability of inspectors relative to alleged use of racial and other discriminatory profiling in connection with searches and detentions of individuals, H2864 [22MY]
Customs Service, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, and ITC: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3129), H2864 [22MY]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4546), motion to instruct conferees, H7856 [10OC]
———making appropriations (H.R. 5010), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 579), H7801 [10OC]
Dept. of the Interior: ensure full historical accounting of Native American trust funds, H4791 [17JY]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5093), H4724 [16JY], H4791, H4798 [17JY]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5120), H5270, H5297 [23JY]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve procurement practices in procuring health-care items (H.R. 3645), H5011
Digital Tech Corps Act: prohibit access to trade secrets or any nonpublic information by private sector executives and establish a Federal information technology training program, H1176 [10AP]
Ecke, Paul, Jr.: tribute (H. Res. 471), H5034 [22JY]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: allow tax relief to continue as scheduled (H. Con. Res. 312), H150 [6FE]
———make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (H.R. 4019), complete congressional action (H. Res. 543), H6935, H6936 [2OC]
Education: national policy to improve system, H3210, H3211 [5JN]
Encinitas, CA: La Costa Canyon High School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1757
Federal employees: establish an exchange program between the Government and the private sector to improve information technology management (H.R. 3925), H1176 [10AP]
House Rules: allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (H. Res. 342), H150 [6FE]
Immigration: treatment of spouses and children of Philippine servicemen who served in the U.S. Navy (H.R. 3906), E295
Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4628), consideration (H. Res. 497), H5415 [24JY]
Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (H. Res. 392), E717
Medicare: establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), consideration (H. Res. 465), H4180 [27JN]
Oceanside, CA: Madison Middle School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1757
Patriotism: condemn statements made in enemy countries opposing Bush Administration policy, H7177 [8OC]
Philippines: support for U.S. military presence and war against terrorism, H145 [6FE]
Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (H. Res. 459), H4131
———circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (H. Res. 459), consideration (H. Res. 463), H4124 [27JN]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), H350
Postal Service: adhere to an equitable tender policy in selecting air carriers of non-priority bypass mail to certain points in Alaska, H5224 [23JY]
Public debt: ceiling (S. 2578), H4161 [27JN]
Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), complete congressional action (H. Res. 525), H6307 [18SE]
Ronald C. Packard Post Office Building, Oceanside, CA: designate (H.R. 4794), H3619
Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H150 [6FE], H2992 [23MY]
Taxation: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), H3210, H3211 [5JN]
———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), consideration (H. Res. 435), H3241, H3243 [6JN]
———rates, H2952 [23MY]
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (H. Con. Res. 464), H6207
Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits, H7856 [10OC]
Votes: position on missed, H5374
Remarks—Special Joint Meeting of Congress
New York, NY: commemorate anniversary of terrorist attacks, E1690
Tributes
Amos, Jim, E1646
Brault, Laurell A., E318
Ecke, Paul, Jr., E822
Gonzalez, Alexander, E225
Skeen, Representative, H4724 [16JY]